DPP upset with OCG probe companies linked to Light Bulb trial
The decision by Contractor General Greg Christie to launch an investigation against one of the companies linked to the Cuban light bulb case has reportedly not gone down well with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Mr. Christie announced last week that he was launching a preliminary enquiry into the alleged payment by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), of almost $2 million to a security firm for services rendered at a community centre in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth.
The security firm, Caribbean Protective Security Management and Services Limited, is one of several companies linked to Mr. Spencer in the Cuban light bulb affair.
In fact, the firm's principals are alleged to be one Joseph Blackwood and Rodney Chin, the Prosecution's star witness in the corruption case.
However, sources close to the DPP say she is not happy that Mr. Christie is going ahead with his probe, while she is on her feet trying to prove to the court that this company and several others were owned and operated by Mr. Spencer.
The sources say the probe could affect the DPP's efforts to prove a case against Mr. Spencer and his former assistant Coleen Wright and the OCG should stand down until the trial runs its course.
The alleged links between the accused former Junior Minister for Energy, and this security company possibly go deeper, as the community centre's renovations were said to have been undertaken by a charity of which co accused Colleen Wright was listed as a principal.
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee recently began its probe of the PCJ's payments to the security firm and its connection to the Community Centre.
The probe revealed that though the PCJ had no direct interest in the Community Centre, a senior officer had signed off on providing security for the facility.
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The decision by Contractor General Greg Christie to launch an investigation against one of the companies linked to the Cuban light bulb case has reportedly not gone down well with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Mr. Christie announced last week that he was launching a preliminary enquiry into the alleged payment by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), of almost $2 million to a security firm for services rendered at a community centre in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth.
The security firm, Caribbean Protective Security Management and Services Limited, is one of several companies linked to Mr. Spencer in the Cuban light bulb affair.
In fact, the firm's principals are alleged to be one Joseph Blackwood and Rodney Chin, the Prosecution's star witness in the corruption case.
However, sources close to the DPP say she is not happy that Mr. Christie is going ahead with his probe, while she is on her feet trying to prove to the court that this company and several others were owned and operated by Mr. Spencer.
The sources say the probe could affect the DPP's efforts to prove a case against Mr. Spencer and his former assistant Coleen Wright and the OCG should stand down until the trial runs its course.
The alleged links between the accused former Junior Minister for Energy, and this security company possibly go deeper, as the community centre's renovations were said to have been undertaken by a charity of which co accused Colleen Wright was listed as a principal.
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee recently began its probe of the PCJ's payments to the security firm and its connection to the Community Centre.
The probe revealed that though the PCJ had no direct interest in the Community Centre, a senior officer had signed off on providing security for the facility.
http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/21925/26/
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