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The police investigation into suicide of Princes Town teenager Jayden Lalchan is expected to be completed on Friday 25th October.

According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Wayne Mystar, a file will then be handed over to the DPP for advice on how to proceed.

ACP Mystar spoke with our reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh at the Princes Town Police Station Council's annual Divali celebration on Wednesday night.

Also at the event, was the area's MP who called for more resources to assist the TTPS' child protection unit in combating crimes against children.
Transcript
00:00Fifteen-year-old student of St. Stephen's College, Jaden Lalchand, took his own life,
00:06the culmination of bullying, according to his parents and peers.
00:11Whether or not charges will be laid in relation to his death is expected to be known soon.
00:18This is the police investigation into claims that persistent bullying contributed to his
00:22suicide earlier this month is being finalised.
00:26I'll say by Friday, we should have that file completed so that we can approach the DPP
00:30just to get some advice, so we're looking at Friday.
00:33Right now it's by, it's personally by the legal officer, so I'll probably get a chance
00:37to produce it by tomorrow, so we'll have an idea of what's happening, but at the end of
00:41the day, as I mentioned before, the DPP will give us some advice as to how to go forward
00:46and how to proceed in that matter.
00:47ACP Mystar spoke with TV6 News at the Princestown Police Station Council's Diwali function
00:54on Wednesday night.
00:56Also attending was MP for Princestown, Bari Peddareth, who expressed concern about the
01:01number of crimes involving children.
01:04Children have been at the mercy of criminals in this country.
01:09Yes, we understand the adults and the levels of crime in terms of murder, robbery, home
01:14invasions, et cetera, but our most vulnerable in our society is our nation's children.
01:20He praised the work by ACP Mystar and his team in recent weeks, responding to child
01:25abuse cases, and called for more resources to help in this effort.
01:30I have been championing children's issues in the Parliament, and the Child Protection
01:34Unit continues to be one of the most understaffed and under-resourced areas in the entire TTPS.
01:41It is my hope, with the good leadership of ACP Mystar, others, and the helm of the TTPS,
01:47that we will see additional resources given the Child Protection Unit, because far too
01:52often we are seeing our children being victims of crime.
01:57ACP Mystar says they have been experiencing more and more public reports, and encouraged
02:03others to come forward with information.
02:06I've been following these incidents.
02:07I know in recent times, the last four weeks, we have had an uptick of persons who are coming
02:12forward and reporting issues, and we want it to continue so that we can do what we call
02:18a meaningful intervention in the issues of child abuse.
02:22That is very important.
02:23It's a scourge that is big in the country, and we ask that members of the public do not
02:29allow these things to happen.
02:30The president of the Princess Town Station Council says even the smallest effort helps
02:36counter the negative.
02:38The whole essence of Diwali is light over darkness.
02:41When we look at the news, when we look at what is going on in social media, we see plenty
02:47darkness.
02:51But if you sit down in a dark stadium, not a ounce of light, and you have one light,
02:59it will make a difference.
03:02We have plenty darkness in and around Trinidad, but we, here, can make a difference.
03:08Let us work with the police.
03:09The police is not the darkness.
03:12We have the outside force, we work together with them to bring back some light into our
03:18community and into Trinidad and Tobago.
03:21Cindy Raghubar, Tika Singh, TV6 News.
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