BREAKING NEWS: Portia Simpson Miller Subpoenaed In Trafigura Case

A high court judge has issued a sub­poe­na for oppo­si­tion leader Portia Simpson Miller in rela­tion to the long-run­ning Trafigura matter.

Additional sub­poe­nas have also been issued for People’s National Party (PNP) mem­bers Robert Pickersgill, Phillip Paulwell, Colin Campbell and Norton Hinds. Justice Lennox Campbell ordered the sub­poe­nas issued this morn­ing fol­low­ing a request from Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn, whose office is the des­ig­nat­ed author­i­ty in mutu­al legal assis­tance mat­ters. The sub­poe­nas are expect­ed to be issued by Thursday and all five will be required to be in court on Monday. Dutch Authorities want to ques­tion offi­cials of the People’s National Party about a $31-mil­lion dona­tion by Dutch com­pa­ny Trafigura Beheer to the par­ty in 2006. It is ille­gal for Dutch com­pa­nies to donate to polit­i­cal par­ties. At the time of the dona­tion, Trafigura had an oil-lift­ing con­tract with the then PNP admin­is­tra­tion. The des­ig­nat­ed cen­tral author­i­ty is pos­ing the ques­tions to the PNP offi­cials on behalf of the Dutch author­i­ties under Jamaica’s mutu­al legal assis­tance treaty with The Netherlands.
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