Saturday, October 18, 2014 | 1:11 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Jamaat Al-Muslimeen Leader Yasin Abu Bakr has said he was not a threat to Jamaica’s national security and he is blaming The Trinidad and Tobago Government for his deportation from Jamaica on Wednesday.
Bakr issued a statement through the Jamaat-Al-Muslimeen about the incident that took place at the Norman Manley International Airport on Wednesday afternoon in which he was detained and handcuffed, when he became upset and agitated after immigration officials told him he would not be admitted into Jamaica.
The incident comes at a time when Jamaica has called on Minister of National Security Gary Griffith to “refrain from continuing to muddy the integration waters” as it responded to his statement that the influx of thousands of illegal Jamaicans into Trinidad and Tobago is putting a strain on the country’s resources.
In the news release, Bakr called for the intervention of Trinidad and Tobago authorities in clearing up this matter stating the actions of politicians affect the citizens of their respective countries at home and abroad.
Bakr said, “These decisions were not made by immigration officials at the airport. They are in bad taste and it is unfortunate that I have been mixed into this mess at this point.”
He continued, “It is embarrassingly incorrect to come to the conclusion in these circumstances that I would be a threat to Jamaica’s National Security. I support freedom of movement in the region and employ a number of Jamaican nationals in Trinidad.
“My private school also caters to foreign nations, a number of whom are Jamaicans, who find difficulty accessing education in the government-run institutions. We will continue to make efforts to get to the bottom of this abuse and appropriate action will be taken in accordance.”
Sources indicated that Bakr’s name may have been on an Interpol list, but this was not so when checks were made with senior Interpol contacts.?
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Muslim leader blames Trinidad for deportation from Ja
