The Guyana Police Force last evening said that Working People’s Alliance (WPA) activist Kidackie Amsterdam has been arrested over the alleged inciting of the murder of President Irfaan Ali and other government officials.
In a statement, the police said that at about 11 am yesterday, ranks from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) contacted Amsterdam at his recording studio at Annandale, East Coast Demerara, where he was told of the allegations and arrested.
Amsterdam was arrested in relation to three cybercrime offences, including:
** Using a computer system to transmit words spoken by a video that encourages or incites any person to commit the offence of murder against the President and members of the Government, contrary to Section 18(1)(c) of the Cybercrime Act No 16 of 2018.