Todd says Top Cop told him seizure of ministry’s laptop was not authorized

Sharmayne Balram

By Khadidja Ba

Foreign Minister Hugh Todd yesterday told the Sunday Stabroek that the Commissioner of Police has said that the seizure by cops on Wednesday of a laptop from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had not been authorized.

As questions grow over the police seizure of the laptop and other electronic devices from the Ministry in a probe instigated by former Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall,  MP and shadow minister of foreign affairs  Amanza Walton-Desir has urged President Irfaan Ali and National Security Advisor Gerald Gouveia to convene the relevant forums to investigate potential breaches in national intelligence and security protocols.