Brassington says brother’s acquisition of shares in Hand in Hand Trust above board
-in response to Ramjattan allegations
NICIL Head Winston Brassington yesterday said the acquisition by his brother of 30% of the shares in an entity whose privatisation he had presided over seven years earlier was above board and not a case of corruption as alleged by Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan.
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