The Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry into the Paria diving tragedy dismissed a request from Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited to bar relatives of the four victims from testifying at the commission.

The Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry into the Paria diving tragedy dismissed a request from Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited to bar relatives of the four victims from testifying at the commission.

• Counsel for Paria, Senior Counsel Gilbert Peterson, in his submission earlier today, said if the Commission was to allow such, it would be out of the scope of its remit.
• However, King’s Counsel, Jerome Lynch the Chairman of the Enquiry later ruled that the family members of three of the deceased men can testify before the Commission.

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