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Former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers was Friday awarded GY$2 million for wrongful arrest as part of a probe into alleged electoral fraud. Justice Simone Ramlall found that Ms Myers was unlawfully arrested and detained but it was not found that her detention amounted to inhumane treatment. The court awarded GY$2 million in compensatory damages. ...

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