Prominent defence attorney, King’s Counsel Peter Champagnie is concerned that members of the police force are making statements that may affect the ability of his client, entertainer Jahshii, to earn through his chosen vocation.

“A statement which was said to be attributed to a police officer claimed that anyone wishing to engage Mr Clarke for shows should consult the police before they do so. This is an unfortunate statement,” Champagnie told OBSERVER ONLINE.

Champagnie believes that the statement is discriminatory and calculated to damage his client’s reputation because he is from a poor socioeconomic background.

“For one, it gives the impression that the police are incapable of providing one of their core duties, to protect. One cannot make these kind of statements because they can restrict or damage the economic livelihood of my client. It also begs the further question whether the statement would have been uttered were it another businessman from another community,” he said

Champagnie confirmed that Jahshii visited the police on Friday and was subsequently interviewed and released.

“He wasn’t detained, they just wanted to speak to him about the shooting incident on Friday,” Champagnie said.

Six members of Jahshii’s entourage were injured Friday morning when gunmen shot up a convoy in which the entertainer was travelling outside of Marketplace in St Andrew.

In the wake of the incident, the St. Andrew Central police had made a public appeal that they were interested in speaking to the ‘25/8’ deejay.

The dancehall artiste, whose real name is Mluleki Clarke, had been questioned and released by St Andrew North cops in relation to the murder of 45-year-old businessman Omar Wright, otherwise called ‘Romie’.

Wright was gunned down on Shortwood Road on June 7. It was rumoured that the now-deceased had an altercation with Jahshii’s mother, which led to a verbal dispute with the entertainer. Jahshii has strongly denied those allegations.