The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) was yesterday notified that former Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh is available to investigators conducting the NICIL probe and his local attorney, Anil Nandlall made it clear that his client is not in hiding but is in fact working abroad.
Nandlall shared the letter he sent to SOCU head Sydney James with the media and later told Stabroek News that its penning and subsequent delivery was as a result of the misleading and defamatory impression conveyed of his client in the press, in which SOCU is implying that he may be guilty of some wrong.
This newspaper in its Sunday edition reported that SOCU was making serious efforts to question former NICIL executive director Winston Brassington and Singh in connection with the findings of a forensic audit into the management of NICIL. SOCU is currently conducting a criminal investigation and so far more than half of the 86 files