Region Four A Commander Assistant Commissioner Edgar Thomas has refuted a claim by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) that the police force abused its power to suppress sugar workers who were exercising their freedom of expression during a protest one week ago.
Thomas insists that the police were just maintaining order.
The union, in a press statement issued last Wednesday, voiced its concern that the security apparatus of the state is being used to suppress the citizens’ freedom of expression.