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Stabroek News is malicious and misleading — says Glenn Lall
The decision by the Guyana Revenue Authority to settle the issue of the imported Lexus vehicles has been seen by Stabroek News as a test of the credibility of Kaieteur News Publisher, Glenn Lall. In its Sunday edition, the newspaper described the settlement as a “secret settlement” between the Guyana Revenue Authority and Publisher, Glenn Lall.
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Anand Persaud
Kaieteur News Publisher, Glenn Lall
Yesterday, Publisher Glenn Lall, who has been overseas for the past month, said that he was in no way involved from the beginning.
“I never imported any vehicle; I never sought remigrant status and I was in no way involved in this issue from the beginning,” he said.
He said that indeed he was critical of operations at the Guyana Revenue Authority during his pursuit of accountability and fair play in the national economic system. He said that his anti-corruption stance caused him to release e-mails between the GRA and Government officials.
And this was only done when he learnt that the government had planned to go after him for his position on corruption at the national level. Lall said that the attack by the government dates far back as some years ago.
He said that even the deaf, the dumb and the blind know that the charges were trumped up against him and others. The e-mail exchanges with the government officials and the recorded conversations speak volumes, he said.
“I was not surprised while sitting in the United States to learn that the charges were dropped. It came as no surprise.”
He said that for Stabroek News to publish what it did could only be a case of seeking attention and being downright wicked.
It was misleading and malicious when it said that one of the vehicles was seized form Bhena’s Footwear and the other from Kaieteur News Saffon Street office, he added. The vehicles were seized from the residence of the remigrants.
“For the Stabroek News to suggest that I was implicated in anything is nothing but wicked and malicious. When the settlement was reached I was out of the country and when the decision was handed down I was out of the country.” Mr Lall is still out of Guyana.
He said that the evidence would reveal that he had nothing to do with any agreement with Guyana Revenue Authority.
The vehicles were released to the remigrants, Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan, and not to Glenn Lall and his wife, both of whom were charged with tax evasion as part of the government campaign to malign him, he said. When the vehicles were released Lall was out of the country on personal business.
He said that he would have nothing to ever say to Stabroek News, a newspaper he once respected both as a competitor and as a newspaper.
“Stabroek News would do well to get to the source of the people who decided to drop charges against me and my wife and not speculate about my involvement.”
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