At least one more witness is to be interviewed before the full departmental enquiry into operations at the Government Industrial School (GIS) is completed.Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams said that while the panel appointed to conduct the probe should have completed the enquiry a few weeks ago, the absconding of several females from the Barrows St Lucy location delayed the process.“As everybody knows, two of the young ladies had absconded. They were not available to participate in the enquiry. They were not available to put their case. As everybody knows, their supposed experiences were very high-profiled and sparked a lot of public comment and were dominant in the public domain.“We could not possibly conclude the enquiry without having given those young ladies a chance to put their evidence and to have that evidence tested, investigated and form part of the findings of the enquiry. Had the panel even sought to terminate this enquiry without having spoken to those two young ladies we would be hearing about ourselves.
