Amid claims of illegal wire-tapping of Barbadians during the administration of former Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin, Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has called for a full investigation to find out who gave the command for such action.
And Sinckler’s call was backed by former Prime Minister Owen Arthur, who sought to dissociate himself from the 2010 debacle that almost crippled the integrity of the Royal Barbados Police Force, as highlighted by a Police Service Commission report in June, 2013.
In a brief address to the House of Assembly yesterday during debate on the Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill, 2017, Arthur, who the records showed was on the receiving end of the wiretapping fiasco as his former driver, senior officer Joy McConney’s telephone was among those tapped, condemned the act as he categorically denied his personal involvement.
He maintained that at no time during his 14-year tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) did he sanction the tapping of any telephone of any person. (SDB Media)
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