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A Diego Martin woman has been detained at the Women's Prison, following comments she made in a video on social media. The detention order issued for her, states that her comments invite violence on the Prime Minister, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and members of the public by Venezuela and/or external persons. Rynessa Cutting has more.





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00:00defense minister venezuela me can't speak spanish but i want to tell you something
00:06you say we go get a response please it's not tnt revving on oil it's unc an excerpt from the
00:16video made by olive green jack who has since been detained at the women's prison in the video jack
00:23calls on venezuelan officials to target prime minister kamla passad besessa and her government
00:29after the tnt government gave full support to the united states actions against venezuela
00:35the detention order for arrest reads quote the public posts and comments invite violence on the
00:41prime minister the government of trinidad and tobago and members of the public by venezuela
00:47and or external persons these activities reveal an imminent threat to public safety end quote
00:54leader of government business barry padarath believes her arrest was long overdue what is
01:00the government's response to her arrest it should have come sooner public response to arrest has been
01:06varied but padarath says an example must be made we have seen time and time again public officials and
01:14you saw it happen in the former administration as well there's only so far that you can go in terms of
01:19putting the risk the lives of public officials and private citizens at risk by putting up the prime
01:26minister's residence her location puts her at a tremendous risk and therefore that's why i said it
01:32took to me it took long in coming but it is justifiable people must be held accountable for their actions
01:39and therefore i look forward to more to come by setting an example um in trinidad and tobago for
01:47this type of um behavior and this type of action he's giving the public the assurance that freedom
01:52of speech remains a protected right in tnt it is not a suppression of um free of expression but this takes
02:00this type of behavior and this type of conduct into a totally different realm of opening up citizens first
02:08and foremost but also um persons who are public officials in trinidad and tobago um opening up
02:15not only themselves but their families their loved ones to this type of exposure so it took in my
02:20respectful view long in coming but i'm almost certain the commissioner acted within the parameters
02:25of the law and therefore we as a leader of government business i totally support this and i'm sure
02:30the government will totally support this action by the honorable commissioner asked for her view opposition leader
02:36penelope beckle says while she did not hear the woman's comments herself such comments should never be
02:42supported any physical activity against the prime minister of course i cannot support that meantime former
02:50minister of national security marvin gonzalez is calling for all social media threats to be treated equally
02:57i have seen uh commentaries supporting the unc and attacking members of the opposition in the most
03:05violent and i want to i wanted to draw the commissioner police attention to the fact that a lot of
03:13operators that are supporting the unc are using threatening language not only against members of the well
03:21against members of the opposition and we expect that the police will act with the same level of
03:27promptitude in the manner in which they have addressed this particular matter renasa cutting tv6 news
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