January 12, 2021

Griffith Launches Probe Into Sekon Sunday Event

By Newsroom

Police Commissioner Gary Griffith says he’s launching a probe into the Sekon Sunday show which took place at Queen’s Hall over the weekend, claiming the event breached Covid-19 protocols.

Even as he noted that performance spaces were open under the existing Public Health Regulations, Griffith said the TTPS was of the view that the event was a public party and thus should not have been allowed.

Commissioner Griffith says the TTPS intends to meet with the Managers of these premises to explain to them that “in the case of Queen’s Hall, there was certainly a breach of the Public Health Ordinance Regulations.”

He said the law was quite clear and there must be a level playing field for all.

The Regulations mandate that performance spaces can operate at 50% capacity.

He says that promoters, in the absence of Carnival 2021, are trying to be novel by organising events in public spaces with all the ingredients of a party or in some cases, a band launching. He is reminding these promoters and the public to take note of what has happened in other countries where such events took place and their health facilities became so overburdened that space in hospitals ran out.

He says the TTPS intends to follow the Regulations with the sole purpose of preventing the spread of Covid-19.

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