"As the item itself states, the Ministry has written to the Canadian High Commission seeking to have the reason for the revocation of the Minister's visa made public. Thus far, no reply has been received to that communication," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The Ministry "disclaims the information which is purported to have come from an official source on the (said) matter."

The first two paragraphs of the Kaieteur News article stated: "The allegations that linked Home Affairs Minister, Ronald Gajraj, to a killing squad have prompted the Canadian High Commission to revoke his visa to that country.

This was revealed to Kaieteur News by a source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." This was denied by the Foreign Ministry.

The Ministry on Monday urged the Canadian High Commission to make available to the Guyana Police Force the reason it has revoked a Government of Canada travel visa to the Home Affairs Minister.

The Ministry made the call in a statement which said that "in light of the growing speculation, particularly on the part of the media, on the reasons for the revocation by the Government of Canada of the travel visa granted to the Minister of Home Affairs, the Honourable Ronald Gajraj, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has communicated with the High Commission suggesting that it might wish to make available to the Guyana Police the reasons for the withdrawal."

"Otherwise, the measure may be seen publicly as a sanction of some wrong doing on the part of the Minister," the statement said.

The Foreign Ministry said Government believes "that the provision of such information would serve to discourage any further speculation and to achieve an understanding and resolution of the matter."

The Home Affairs Minister has been at the center of allegations leveled against him by self-proclaimed informant George Bacchus that he (Gajraj) was involved in the operations of a purported 'death squad'.