October 1, 2014
Plot to destroy Kaieteur News… More damning evidence surfaces from Sattaur
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo, GRA boss Khurshid Sattaur and Attorney General Anil Nandlall
This publication recently made public correspondence between the Commissioner General of the Guyana
Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur, Attorney General Anil Nandlall and former President Bharrat Jagdeo. The publication has since seen allegations by Nandlall and Sattaur. In fact, the Commissioner General declined to comment on the e-mail, choosing instead to question the confidentiality of correspondence. On that occasion, the e-mail contained confidential tax information on local media houses and the threat of an impending audit of Kaieteur News by GRA. Below is another e-mail sent to the Attorney General Anil Nandlall, from Khurshid Sattaur.
From: khurshid sattaur (khurshidsattaur@hotmail.com) Sent: MOD 9/15/148:16 AM To: Nandalall (anilnandlall@hotmail.com) AG It is of grave concern to me that the owner of Kaieteur News is engaged in a psychological game of tit for tat as it relates to targeting me every time something very obnoxious bordering onto illegality get leaked on him or that affects his credibility. This concern stems from the fact that only recently in reply to the GRA upsetting his apple cart in showing what a corrupt and criminal minded individual this invidious character he is, he published information that on closer examination can be considered as libellous. Since he is a dirty person, i am not inclined after this recent episode of slanderous reporting, prepared to expose my character to being sullied by this depraved and mentally sick individual.
I must be given assurances from the government I server that no stones will be left unturned to safeguard my reputation while I pursue these kind of invidious characters. It is instructive to note that the reason why Freddie is now averse to writing trash concerning me is because a multi-million-dollar assessments hang over his head like the sword of demacles.
As the Attorney General of this great land of ours the minimum I would expect from you is legal protection from the courts invoking the laws that protects me against such attacks using his media house, as this individual knows no limits as to what he can put someone through once he targets them. I have a wife and family and as recently demonstrated, in the publication captioned above, not only did the scoundrel obtain accurate information on the purpose of my trip to Trinidad but added, from the figment of his own imagination, sufficient garbage to taint me as a terrorist and a criminal minded individual similar to our attempt to portray him. The difference however between us, is that while I received a National award for outstanding work of an exceptionally high order, this demon only claim to fame is perhaps his notoriety.
I am therefore appealing to you in the interest on preserving my prestige and pristine character to act condignly and swiftly to prosecute this vagrant under the Customs Act and if possible have him jailed as the offence of harassing a GRA officer us a very serious one and has jail term. I will before the end of the day have a file with the various newspaper clippings attesting to the execution of his threats he conveyed to me through a telephone conversation, on the night of the attempted seizure of his vehicles and for which i filed a police-report on the matter. I am indeed looking forward to your usual efficient manner in taking action and would be willing to give any further information you may require to have the matter successfully prosecuted.