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Police have released the 52-year-old woman, who is believed to have posted racially-inciting social media comments about African Guyanese, and what appeared to be a threat to President David Granger.But Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday declined to say whether the woman is likely to be charged.He described the case as a sensitive one. He refuted reports that police had detained another individual.The woman, said to be from Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, was taken into custody on Thursday. She was questioned at CID Headquarters,Soccer Jerseys China, Eve Leary.Blanhum said that she has given investigators a statement.Police had sought to locate the woman and two others after receiving a complaint about Facebook comments they had allegedly made about President Granger and African Guyanese.But in a statement sent out to media houses,Wholesale China Jerseys, one of the individuals,NFL Jerseys Discount, who says he is a Canada-based Guyanese, has denied posting the comments attributed to him.Crime Chief Blanhum has said that the perpetrators could be charged under the Racial Hostility Act for attempting “to incite excitement,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, hostility or ill-will on grounds of race.”Chapter 23 of the Act states that a person shall be guilty of an offence if he willfully excites or attempts to excite hostility or ill-will against any section of the public or against any person on the grounds of their or his race,Andrew Franks Dolphins Jersey, by means of words spoken by him in a public place or spoken by him and transmitted for general reception by wireless telegraphy or telegraph; or by causing words spoken by him or by some other person to be reproduced in a public place from a record; or by means of written (including printed) matter or pictorial matter published by him.Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $65,Cheap Jerseys,000 and to imprisonment for two years. |
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