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As the Government moves to implement Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) after the State of Emergency (SoE) expires on January 31, residents of Richplain in Diego Martin say their community does not require such intervention. Still, some concede that the stigma of the area being a crime hotspot and its association with the late Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr could make its inclusion likely.
Giving his name only as Mike, a Richplain resident shrugged and said, “We here normal, yuh know. This is a normal community, yuh know. Don’t mind it might have the lil small quarrelling and ting, the lil domestic something ... that’s nothing, we go fix that. But here cool. I can’t tell you when last I hear gunshots up in Richplain here.”
Community elder John, aged 72, declared, “No, no, no. We are a peace-loving people in this area. Everybody go about their business, mind their own, and everything is good. We have no problem in Richplain.”
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