Completely untrue. That was Housing Minister Roodal Moonilal’s pronouncement yesterday on a newspaper report that Government had “quietly housed“ US forensic analyst John Berryhill at an HDC Federation Park Villas unit. Saying the story was utterly untrue, Moonilal said it was malicious, mischievous and designed to taint public perception of ongoing current investigations into matters of national concern.”
He said clarification ought to have been sought from the HDC before the story was so prominently displayed on the front page of the paper. “Such outlandish statements based on unknown sources with no evidence of accuracy are most regrettable. The effect of this was to injure the reputation of a respected international forensic expert who visited T&T to assist a client in the conduct of his duties,” Moonilal added.
He said it wasn’t a message T&T wanted to send to professionals and others overseas who might wish to do business here.