Port Mourant Market Clerk allegedly assaulted by overseer

Police on the Corentyne, Berbice, are investigating a report by the Clerk of the Port Mourant Market that he was assaulted by the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Overseer inside the office.
Guyana Times understands that the report was filed on Thursday and this is not the first time allegations of this nature have being levelled against the Overseer.
Clerk of the Port Mourant Market, Ryan Mallay, told this publication that he, along with four other employers who work at the market, were summoned to a meeting at the Overseer’s office.
According to him, upon arrival at the Overseer’s office, they were asked why they were there and had to remind the Overseer that she summoned them to the meeting. According to Mallay, the Overseer then took out her cellphone and appeared to be recording them, but suspecting something was amiss, he asked her if they were working the following day and after not receiving an answer, got up and left.
Mallay related that he was the last to leave the office and as he existed the room, the Overseer pushed him. “She then come and pull me by my shirt and rip off some of the buttons and hold my vest and tear it down,” he said.
Another staff member, who is a labourer at the market, said after the Overseer pulled the Market Clerk’s shirt off, she began checking his pockets.
According to him, shortly after that, she asked Mallay for her cellular phone, accusing him of stealing it but then the others said the cellphone was in her hand.
Mallay said he and a colleague reported the incident to the Police.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Johns/Port Mourant NDC, Ishwarsammy Narinesammy in an invited comment said the Overseer reported that she and the Market Clerk were involved in a scuffle. The Overseer is also claiming that Mallay injured her during the scuffle.
According to the Chairman, the NDC has written letters to the Communities Ministry and the Local Government Commission in relation to the alleged conduct of the NDC Overseer, but to date, no action nor investigation was undertaken.
“I am fed up,” the NDC Chairman said.
Narinesammy said since the matter is with the Police, the NDC will let law enforcement deal with it.
On August 15, 2016, the same Overseer was accused of assaulting a reporter, who was covering a protest by Port Mourant market vendors.