Home Affairs disappointed with police investigation on murder case.

Georgetown : The Ministry of Home Affairs disclosed that decisive action would be taken by the Guyana Police Force to satisfy the conditions detailed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP )in order to facilitate a dignified resolution into the death of Mr. Sideek Juman.

During the month of April,the Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee met with Ms. Farida Juman and Mr. Marzaban Juman, the mother and uncle respectively of Mr. Sideek Juman whose body was found in a swimming pool at the Double Day Hotel, Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo on 19^th November 2012. The Jumans insisted that their son and nephew was murdered but received conflicting reports concerning the progress of his investigation.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Home Affairs wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) requesting a status report on the investigations into the death of Mr. Sideek Juman. Subsequently, the DPP advised the Ministry of Home Affairs that her chambers requested the file in respect of Mr. Sideek Juman after reading of his untimely demise in the newspapers. She declared that the investigations conducted by the Police were severely lacking and therefore the file was returned to the Police for further investigations.

Trying to determine the progress made by the Police in response to the instructions from the DPP, the Ministry of Home Affairs formally wrote to the Commissioner of Police (Ag) to which it was revealed, by way of a letter received by the Ministry on 24^th May 2013, that the DPP returned the investigative file again to the Police, highlighting the critical issues that needed to be clarified and accordingly demanding further investigations into the death of Mr. Sideek Juman.

The Ministry of Home Affairs today register its dissatisfaction with the pace of this investigation which unfortunately seems to have been hampered by incompetence and apathy displayed by the investigative ranks within the premier criminal investigative institution in Guyana. This attitude is not an isolated anomaly, but is symptomatic of an organisation that does not seem to appreciate that failure to resolve serious crimes swiftly, comprehensively and efficiently paints the Guyana Police Force in a negative light.