Authorities mum about J'can's refused entry into Suriname
Up to late last night, authorities had not responded to reports that a 16-year-old Jamaican was refused entry into Suriname on Saturday because he was travelling to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
CANA News reported that immigration officers refused the teen, who arrived on a Jamaican flight, passage at Johan Pengel Airport in the capital, Paramiribo. Cops say he was heading to the Netherlands and then Turkey.
Last night news reports quoted the teen's family denying that he was heading to Turkey to join the terrorist network. The family said he was simply heading to the Netherlands to visit family.
The incident follows a report by commander of the US Southern Command, General John Kelly, to the US Armed Services Committee that about 100 people from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname and Venezuela have joined ISIS.
However, Minister of National Security, Peter Bunting, had said General Kelly's report may have resulted from a misunderstanding at the time, as his prepared text made no mention of Jamaica.
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