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At­tor­neys rep­re­sent­ing ac­tivist Umar Ab­dul­lah have threat­ened to take le­gal ac­tion against the Po­lice Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (PolSC) if it fails to re­spond with­in 14 days, to is­sues aris­ing from its in­ac­tion on dis­ci­pli­nary pro­ceed­ings against Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (CoP) Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro for wear­ing the Pun­ish­er em­blem on his uni­form.

In a pre-ac­tion pro­to­col let­ter dat­ed Feb­ru­ary 11, at­tor­neys Keron Ramkhal­wan and Fay­ola Sandy al­leged that the PolSC has un­rea­son­ably de­layed ad­dress­ing the mat­ter. They sig­nalled their in­ten­tion to file an or­der of man­damus to com­pel the PolSC to ini­ti­ate dis­ci­pli­nary pro­ceed­ings against Gue­var­ro, seek le­gal costs and pur­sue any oth­er or­ders or di­rec­tions the courts deem just. The at­tor­neys ad­vised that if the PolSC fails to re­spond by Feb­ru­ary 25, they will move to file a ju­di­cial re­view caim on Ab­dul­lah’s be­half.

Ab­dul­lah, leader of the New Wave Move­ment, first sub­mit­ted a for­mal com­plaint to the PolSC on Ju­ly 20, 2025, call­ing for dis­ci­pli­nary ac­tion against Gue­var­ro and an or­der re­strain­ing him from wear­ing any sym­bols, in­signia, or lo­gos as­so­ci­at­ed with The Pun­ish­er while on du­ty.