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Chester Sam­bra­no

Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der has de­fend­ed the Gov­ern­ment’s de­ci­sion to is­sue a pre­ven­ta­tive de­ten­tion or­der (PDO) against a 16-year-old boy, the first mi­nor de­tained un­der the cur­rent State of Emer­gency (SoE).

The min­is­ter is­sued his state­ment to Guardian Me­dia, ad­dress­ing con­cerns about parental re­spon­si­bil­i­ty and com­mu­ni­ty safe­ty.