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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