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AG sues Kaieteur News over ‘Dem Boys Seh’ articles
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against Kaieteur News’ Publisher Glenn Lall, Editor-in-Chief Adam Harris, and the National Media and Publishing Company Limited, seeking in excess of $30M over two articles appearing in the satirical piece, ‘Dem Boys Seh.’
Anil Nandlall
In the indorsement of claim filed by his Attorney, Bernard De Santos, Nandlall is seeking damages in excess of $10M for the column titled “Tax dollars going to Sleep-In,” in excess of $10M for a second article titled “Ah Kneel deh pun a hustle” and in excess of $10M for aggravated or exemplary damages.
Nandlall in his lawsuit claims that the sobriquet “Ah Kneel” clearly refers to him and the presentation of law volumes, an event of the AG’s Chambers, held at the Sleep In International Hotel’s Conference Room.
He further charges that the sobriquet “De Sleep In man” clearly refers to the Sleep In International Hotel owner.
In his lawsuit filed, Nandlall claims that the article conveyed the impression that he was dishonest, corrupt and engaged in improper use of taxpayers’ dollars for personal benefits and as such is therefore unfit to hold the office of Attorney General, Minister of Legal Affairs and Member of Parliament.
In his lawsuit, Nandlall said that after the first ‘dem boys seh’ article his Permanent Secretary, penned a letter to the effect that “Those implications of impropriety are as erroneous as they are unfortunate.”
Nandlall said that despite this, a second article was written again, maliciously implicating him, and further that he had instructed his Permanent Secretary to lie as a cover-up.
Nandlall claims that the article was libelous and calculated to cause “and did cause me great public embarrassment, held me up to odium and ridicule and to disparage me as the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs and Member of Parliament, both nationally and internationally”.
Glenn Lall
The Minister in his lawsuit asks that Kaieteur News be restrained from publishing any further malicious and unwarranted attacks on him.
According to the document filed in the High Court, “I hereby give a solemn undertaking to pay for all or any damages the respondents/defendants may suffer if it is subsequently determined that the injunction sought herein was wrongly granted.”
He further stated that he owns a property in Prashad Nagar, valued in excess of $75M, “and I therefore have sufficient means to satisfy any award of damages that this Honourable Court may award against me.
The hearing will begin on March 13, before Chief Justice Ian Chang.
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