Marvin Munroe, one of the two cricketers whose names have been linked to police investigations concerning allegedly receiving visas through the now defunct Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has said he never received any visas through the GCB.
Munroe and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) batsman Wasim Haslim’s names were called in the police investigation regarding visa racketeering charges against Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) officials.
According to reports, letters were written to the Canadian Embassy indicating that Haslim was a “selectee in the Guyana National Squad for the 2006 Under-19 Regional Competition and Munroe “a National cricketer who represented Guyana at the Under-15 level in 1997 and at the Under-19 level in 2001.”
The two cricketers were apparently seeking visas to play cricket in that country.
“I applied to the GCB for a letter (reference letter) to play overseas. I wish not to say which country or club – but I never obtained it,” Munroe told Stabroek Sport recently.
Munroe stated he has been playing cricket in Guyana since 1997 for the Guyana National Industrial Co-operation (GNIC) side and is the team’s current second division captain.
He said he has never played for Guyana at any level before but was part of the Demerara Under 19 squad for the 2000/01 season in which he was teammates with current national wicket-keeper Derwin Christian, out of favour national opener Ryan Ramdass, Troy Cornelius and former leg-spinner Ron Matthews.
Munroe informed this newspaper that police visited his workplace and pictures of him have appeared online which has made life relatively uncomfortable for him in recent times.
“I am asking the relevant authorities to apologize to me for this disinformation so that my name can be cleared. I don’t want to be faced with a situation where this hinders me from getting a visa to go anywhere in the future for whatever reasons,” stated Munroe.
