LISA HANNA GETS VICIOUS DEATH THREATS : Lisa gets death threats Police launch probe after parliamentarian suggests ban on music by Vybz Kartel and other murder convicts.

BY MOYA HINDS Observer writer hindsm@jamaicaobserver  Friday, February 24, 2017

THE police say they are now investigating vicious death threats made on social media against parliamentarian Lisa Hanna after she called for recordings of incarcerated dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel and other murder convicts to be banned from the airwaves.

Head of the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch, Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifford Chambers, told

Jamaica Observer yesterday that Hanna made an official report to the Cybercrimes Unit and that they have since launched an investigation.

Lisa Hanna

Chambers could not speak in detail about the methods to be employed in the investigation; however, he said that part of the probe would deal with proving the offence. “We have to go through the posts on her Instagram [page to see that] they constitute a criminal investigation and, based on our understanding of the Offences Against the Person Act and the cybercrime legislation, be comfortable that an offence has been committed,” Chambers explained, adding that the way forward is to get the formal investigative processes engaged to associate senders with the messages.

Chambers also explained that if the threats and other messages were made from fake profiles they will be able to engage international counterparts who have the authority to call upon the host of Instagram and other social media platforms.

“So, then it would be an investigation that goes outside the realm of Jamaica, but there are still avenues and means to which we can and will advance these investigations,” Chambers said.

Hanna was speaking Tuesday during a Nationwide Radio discussion about how violence in the country is intertwined with certain negative aspects of popular culture.

“To set examples, we have to identify what rules are rules, and what privileges are privileges. If you are convicted, perhaps it is [that] your music needs not be played on the radio,” Hanna said.

“The issue where Kartel’s music keeps coming out more than any other person — because I haven’t heard any new songs from Buju (Banton) since he has been incarcerated — we need to get to the root cause of that,” Hanna insisted.

In suggesting that an investigation be conducted into Kartel’s production and release of music, Hanna made it clear that she was not singling out the popular dancehall artiste.

“We need to find out how the songs are being made. How are they getting out? Is there corruption in the prison system? Not only for Kartel; I’m not singling out Kartel alone. I’m singling out, across the spectrum, [those] who are having an imprint on our children’s value system,” Hanna asserted. more