In the days following Irma's passage, many rumors circulated, including that that the Pointe Blanche prison in the Dutch part, had been destroyed and that the detainees had escaped.
"This rumor has caused a major crisis and a very, very strong concern," said Annick Girardin, Minister for Overseas, during his hearing last week by the delegation to the overseas on as part of the study multi-year on major natural risks in the overseas territories.
"The information was reinforced by the media, who were allowed to accompany the police and security on the ground. They heard on the radio that we asked our gendarmes to go check the information and that we informed all the forces on the ground that it was likely to be correct, "explains Annick Girardin. “This information taken from a police car was of terrible importance because it was even heard on the media in Paris. But it was wrong, ”she says.
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