The Guyana Police Force and its Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) yesterday received three files from Attorney General Anil Nandlall for the investigation of leases for several acres of prime state lands at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara which were done without any valuation, public advertisement or Cabinet decisions.
In addition to the questionable circumstances of the leases, two sets of lands were transferred by the lease holders to the same Chinese national shortly after NICIL’s approval and in the other case, PNCR member and attorney-at-law, James Bond, was the recipient of some US$952,800 for the sale of the lease rights to a company of which he is a principal.
The Attorney General is calling on the persons who acquired the leases to come forward and relinquish the properties so that they can be reverted to the state and go through due process.