THA Unjustly Blamed for Strip and Cavity Search says London.

The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) is now facing lawsuits for allegedly sectioning an unlawful strip and cavity search by police officers on an employee in the Division of Education, Youth Affairs and Sport. However, Tobago’s Chief Secretary, Orville London is of the view that the THA is being punished for a situation it had nothing to do with and the police had all authority to conduct the search. He is urging everyone to listen to the other side of the story before drawing conclusions.

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at the Division of Education Youth Affairs and Sport, Carla Batson- Orr, was forced to strip off her clothing at an office at her place of work two weeks ago in search of a flash drive that went missing four days earlier. The search was conducted by police officers, in the presence of senior officials of the Division. Since then, there has been public outcry of the search and workers of the Division have staged several protests in support of their colleague.