RESIDENTS OF MALONEY, HAVE SPENT THEIR FIRST NIGHT UNDER A CURFEW.

A SPECIAL OPERATIONS CURFEW ORDER WAS ENFORCED BY THE POLICE, AFTER IT WAS SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, CHRISTINE KANGALOO.

A CLOSED AREA WAS DECLARED IN THE MALONEY BUILDINGS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, MALONEY GARDENS, MALONEY.

POLICE MOVED INTO THE COMMUNITY, BLOCKED ROADS AND STOPPED TRAFFIC.

RESIDENTS WERE ALSO GIVEN DIRECTIONS BY THE POLICE.

THE MALONEY BUILDINGS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BECAME THE FIRST COMMUNITY, TO BE DECLARED A CLOSED AREA UNDER THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS ACT, 2026.

PRESIDENT KANGALOO WAS SAID TO BE SATISFIED, THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PEACE IN THE DESIGNATED AREA WITHIN POLICING DISTRICT-2 WERE THREATENED.

THE LEGAL NOTICE NO. 847, WAS DATED NOVEMBER 10TH, WHILE A SEPARATE ORDER, LEGAL NOTICE NO. 848, IMPOSED THE CURFEW ON THE COMMUNITY.

IN A RELEASE ISSUED LAST EVENING, MP CAMILLE ROBINSON REGIS SAID, RESIDENTS ARE AFRAID AND CONFUSED.

SHE CLAIMED THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION
ACCORDING TO THE MP, SHE HAS RECEIVED CALLS FROM RESIDENTS IN A STATE OF PANIC.

SHE SAID, EVEN THE POLICE APPEARED TO BE UNCERTAIN.

MRS. ROBINSON REGIS SAID, GOVERNMENT MUST NOT USE NATIONAL SECURITY AS AN EXCUSE TO DISREGARD PEOPLES RIGHTS,DIGNITY AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT,
SHE SAID RESIDENTS DESERVE ANSWERS AND AN EXPLANATION.