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Several delegates attending the Biennial Diaspora Conference in Kingston yesterday expressed disappointment with the National Security Minister, Trevor MacMillan. They were reacting to a statement by the minister as he responded to a question on how Jamaicans living in the United States could help in the fight against gun crimes. This was the comment by National Security Minister Trevor MacMillan that plunged spirits at the Diaspora Conference in downtown Kingston yesterday. (Click here to listen audio clip). The National Security Minister left the conference for another engagement shortly after he made the utterance. The Justice Minister Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, her Permanent Secretary, Carol Palmer and the Deputy Police Commissioner in Charge of Crime, Mark Shields also left. Their
departure before detailed discussions on crime further irritated
some delegates at the conference like Bishop Cecil G Riley of Brooklyn,
New York. Marlon Hill a Jamaican lawyer in the United States had posed the question to the national security minister on how the Diaspora could help in the fight against gun crimes. He said the minister failed to articulate how the Diaspora could help to arrest the problem. The gun has been accounting for 83 per cent of murders here. Mr Hill said it’s becoming frustrating that there is no clear direction on how Jamaicans living abroad can help to deal with the problem. Andrew Smalling, a Florida Police Chief, said he too was disappointed with the response of Senator MacMillian. In response Deputy Commissioner Bent has admitted that the police are not able to adequately patrol the coastline, which is the main point of entry for illegal weapons. More Articles
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