00:00Attorneys for Garth Gorda, who presented their case to the review tribunal,
00:04says they are confident that the tribunal will operate in the fairest manner possible
00:08as they challenge Gorda's continued detention.
00:11Because it appears to me from today they've conducted themselves very fairly, openly.
00:18We were permitted to make our submissions.
00:20The state was given the opportunity to make submissions after we got over some preliminary issues,
00:24which there were in this matter.
00:25There were preliminary issues.
00:27The tribunal heard submissions on the preliminary issues made a decision
00:31and permitted us to proceed to hear the application for the review of the detention order today.
00:38And while they are confident about the impartiality of the tribunal,
00:42they still indicate that there are serious concerns that need to be addressed
00:45related to the detention of their client for more than a month
00:48after he was held at his Malaba home on August 18th,
00:51accused of being an associate of the radical Islamic criminal gang
00:54led by alleged gang leader and murder-accused Rajayi Ali.
00:59The legal relief available to Mr. Guadu,
01:05and we are advising him on what his relief would be.
01:08I mean, you know, one would understand that
01:11insofar as the tribunal has conducted the hearing,
01:14the report goes to the very minister,
01:17and so that minister has to take a decision.
01:18So based on the instructions we have from Mr. Guadu,
01:22you know, we are considering what legal options are available to us.
01:25Yesterday, Guadu's other tiny crystal primus
01:28had written to police commissioner Alistair Guadu
01:30asking that an investigation be opened
01:32into Homeland Minister Roger Alexander's unauthorized visits
01:36to the maximum security prison
01:38prior to him becoming a minister
01:40where he allegedly met gang leaders in the run-up to the general elections.
01:44Boudu said while they hoped for a transparent investigation,
01:46he would let that matter take its course.
01:48Yes, there are allegations made.
01:51We've asked for an investigation of those allegations,
01:53and until that investigation is conducted and a finding is made,
01:56you know, I mean, I really wouldn't go any further
01:58to cast any aspersions on anybody.
02:01While they're with the outcome of the tribunal's report
02:03and the decision of Minister Roger Alexander,
02:06they reveal that their client continues to be kept at Tetran Barracks
02:09in inhumane conditions.
02:11He still has no access to toiletries,
02:13that he's being kept in a cell 24 hours a day,
02:17that there is lighting in the cell,
02:19very bright lighting that does not come off whatsoever.
02:23He has indicated that the bathroom in the cell is flooded
02:27and he has to scoop out the water with half of a bottle, right?
02:34He has contracted an infection on his foot
02:36based on that dirty water that has accumulated in the cell.
02:40He's not being given water.
02:43He is only given a 355 milliliter bottle of water
02:47when he has meals, which is three times a day.
02:51Mark Bessant, TV6 News.
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