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Harmon’s lawyers threaten KN with libel suit
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, is deeply disturbed by a series of articles that this newspaper published about his trip to China and his halting of a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) operation to seize vehicles belonging to Baishanlin.
Minister of State,
Joseph Harmon
As a result, the Minister has served the newspaper with an ultimatum — apologise, offer a retraction, and pay a sum of money to the Veterans’ Foundation. Most of these must be done within 24 hours.
Harmon’s lawyer, Roysdale Forde, who was recently appointed head of the Gaming Authority, said that Kaieteur News has libeled his client.
In the letter sent to this newspaper, Forde said that readers of the Kaieteur News would conclude that Harmon knowingly engaged in shady dealings; is unfit to hold Ministerial Office and the Office of the Secretary of the Defence Board; unfit to be Member of Parliament and unfit to hold any other public office. He said that readers would think that Harmon is corrupt, oppressive and dishonest.
Forde said that Harmon has since informed him that the articles published by Kaieteur News are “untrue, false, malicious, and deliberately misleading.”
Forde said that he was instructed by Harmon to demand that Kaieteur News remove all “defamatory” publications from the online archives. Harmon also wants Kaieteur News to publish an unconditional retraction of the “insinuations, allegations and contents of the said publications with equal prominence.”
Further, Harmon wants an “unqualified apology for any harm and/or hurt that the publications may have caused. He is demanding that this be done in 24 hours. Also, the Minister wants Kaieteur News to make a $13M donation to the Veterans’ Foundation.
Forde warned that if Kaieteur News does not comply, he is authorized to “institute legal proceeding forthwith.”
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Harmon’s memory is very short. He is where he is today because Jagdeo sued KN. The trial will certainly ensure people have no doubt about what he did.
Wow .. here we go again .. absolute power corrupts absolutely ..
Who Harmon think is scared of him? He should be ashamed of himself for trying to bully the media. He needs to resign.
No need to apologize to harmon,He needs to apologize to the nation for his secret trip to china