Georgetown: A man in his 30's is now hospitalised with several chops to his body after he requested that his neighbor turn down the music since it was affecting his little child from sleeping.The neighbor caused an argument and proceeded to attack him with a cutlass. The attacker was arrested while the badly injured man was rushed to the hospital.
Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee stated on record that the law on noise nuisance have been and are continually enforced.
Rohee said that there have been several cases where noise is emitted by private transport vehicles. He said this can only occur where there is an annoyance to some persons when the vehicle is stationary. Rohee stated that actions have been taken to address the issue, while noting that there is a popular night spot in the city where persons usually park their vehicles, open the trunk and play loud music.
As regards noise nuisance by public transport vehicles, Rohee stated that statistical figures indicate that some 52 persons have been charged between June and December 2009, while 71 persons have been charged between January and March this year. Some 442 cases are pending for 2009, while 192 such cases are pending for 2010. Some 757 cases have been reported to date.
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