Wednesday, May 19, 2004

TT: UNC walking a crooked line


UNC Senator Sadiq Baksh has been charged with corruptly receiving an estimated $2 million from Northern Construction Ltd, principal contractor on the Piarco Airport Development Project.

It is alleged the money went into the coffers of the UNC.

Baksh, a former Works and Transport Minister under the UNC administration during whose term the Piarco terminal was built at an estimated $1.6 billion, is expected to surrender today after arrest warrants were issued for him yesterday.
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Baksh, who was the UNC’s campaign manager in the last two general elections, is also accused of corruptly receiving money from Birk Hillman Consultants, a Miami firm which developed the design for the terminal.

The company has since folded.
What's that about Panday not cooperating with criminals? Thank God for innocent until proven guilty.

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