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Missing OLPF laptops…Six staff sent home…Police still tight-lipped

Sep 27, 2012 News

 

It is now a little over one month since six workers from the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project were sent home to facilitate an investigation into the theft of over 100 computers and police are still tight-lipped about their findings so far.
Yesterday, a police source from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters told Kaieteur News that they will be penalized if any information is leaked to the media. He also advised this publication to contact the Crime Chief, Seelall Persaud for information.
However, several calls to the Crime Chief went unanswered.
The missing laptops were believed to have been stolen from the project’s warehouse, the IT Department and the Administration Departments.
A source from the project’s Public Relation Department told this publication that the six staff members who were sent on leave to facilitate the investigation were working in the departments where the computers went missing.
News of the theft came as soon as the government appointed a new project manager, Margot Boyce. She has taken over the responsibility of operating the project, a few months after the former manager, Sesh Sukhdeo resigned.
A reliable source from the project’s head office informed this publication that OLPF distribution has been delayed due to corruption from its inception.
The OLPF is meant to distribute 90,000 computers to poor families who cannot afford one.

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