The death of businessman Imraz Ali brings crime to the fore once again for the business community. and with the budget fast approaching they want security high on the agenda. Jai Leladharsingh, Coordinator of the Confederation of Regional Business Chambers, says citizens and business owners should no longer live in fear of criminals.....
00:00North Coast Road authorities today confirmed the lifeless body of missing businessman Imraz Ali has been recovered.
00:08The 60-year-old has been missing for a month.
00:11Police were looking into reports that it may have been a deal gone wrong.
00:15Coordinator of the regional business chambers, Jai Lila Darasingh, tells TV6 the business community is saddened.
00:23He says they remain in constant fear.
00:25It is unfortunate what was happening for the story.
00:29It has found that it is due to an error of new investors, fears and trepidation within the business community.
00:36Meanwhile, Acting Deputy Director of Crime Stoppers, Darren Carmichael, says crime remains a serious concern, especially when it is brazen and unrestrained.
00:48And I can speak not just as the Honourable Director of Crime Stoppers, but certainly as a citizen.
00:53When we see crimes, and sometimes as bold-faced and fast-faced as we see it occurring, it is, of course, cause of concern.
01:02So we, you know, Crime Stoppers is a line that is open to anyone with any information regarding crime, gangs, whether it's fraud, whether it's in terms of white-collar crime, or whether it's any other type of crime.
01:15We are, the hotline is open for information from the public where that is concerned.
01:19Leela Darasingh tells TV6, if crime continues to rise, the economy will fail.
01:26He says crime needs to be tackled head-on, warning that citizens and business owners should no longer be victims.
01:34With whoever is in charge of national security, whoever is in charge of defense, and we are going to be partners for, for some reason, for business.
01:44How should we do with criminals?
01:47These are some of our ideas.
01:48We want to hear your ideas.
01:50Let's see how we can do it together.
01:52That is what is needed, as such.
01:55And maybe the government will need to look at how it is, for national consultants, regarding crime and security.
02:01They exist.
02:02They can be sourced.
02:03For several months, members of the business community have called on government to grant them firearm users' licenses, even under the previous administration.
02:14As businesses have come under attack by criminals, suffering losses, sometimes in the hundreds of thousands, and, in some cases, even losing lives.
02:25Today, Mr. Leela Darasingh says the process for issuing FULs needs to be revised.
02:31Mr. Leela Darasingh, the police is sitting on their lawyers regarding the issuance of FULs for legitimate and decent businessmen who are going to acquire these firearms licenses to give themselves a mighty chance against criminals.
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