It has still not been determined when the e-mail probe will be brought to a close, but up to yesterday people were being interviewed by the police. This was revealed by Deputy Police Commissioner Mervyn Richardson in a telephone interview. Richardson refused to disclose the names of those who were interviewed by the police yesterday. Asked how the investigation had been proceeding Richardson said, “It is very good.” He said a lot still depended on responses from Google and BlackBerry.
“We are still awaiting word from Google and BlackBerry but the investigation is proceeding very good. The police continue to work very hard in bringing this probe to a close,” Richardson said. Asked whether Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar or Attorney General Anand Ramlogan had handed over their computers and other electronic devices, Richardson said the police were “in discussions with them.”
Richardson did not elaborate on what that meant. Last week, Persad-Bissessar’s attorney Israel Khan, SC, called on police to wrap up investigations before next Monday’s by-election. Khan said he was frustrated by the slow pace of the investigation, saying it was “hanging over the prime minister’s head.” Opposition Leader Rowley raised the e-mail issue in Parliament on May 20 in a no-confidence motion against Persad-Bissessar and her Government.
The e-mails spoke of plots to interfere in the judiciary, the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the media. The addresses were in the names of Ramlogan, Persad-Bissessar, Works and Local Government Minister Suruj Rambachan and national security adviser to the PM Gary Griffith.