PSNI decision disgraceful - Maskey

Sinn Féin councillor Conor Maskey has branded the PSNI decision to block an Indian family their bid for an emergency housing transfer as ‘disgraceful’.
The Kunjumon family live in the New Lodge and over the years there have been countless attacks on both their home and property.
Due to the level of verbal abuse and intimidation the family applied to sell their home under the Housing Executive's (HE) Special Purchase of Evacuated Dwellings (SPED) scheme.
But last October the family of four were told the PSNI had blocked the process by not issuing the required certificate from the Chief Constable.
The family appealed this decision but again were turned down in December 2009.
After their home was attacked before Christmas, this time with a hammer, residents and the political community rallied round the under-fire family. In response to a plea to reconsider this decision from Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly, PSNI Superintendent of A District Mike Ellis said in his January 5 letter that while the attacks on the Kunjumon's were "deplorable" the "incidents to date would not met the SPED criteria".
"It's an outrage that the Chief Constable does not see fit to assist this family," said Conor Maskey.
"The community and political representatives are all in support of the family's wish to be relocated due to the fact that they have been placed under considerable pressure over the last five years. I find it disgraceful that the PSNI are treating this family in this way."