‘King Kong’ article didn’t change opinion on Jagdeo

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Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday said that the racial connotations contained in the article that triggered President Bharrat Jagdeo’s $10M libel suit did not change his perception of the Head of State.

Luncheon, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, continued testimony under cross examination in the case yesterday before Justice Brassington Reynolds. Jagdeo brought the libel suit against Kaieteur News and columnist Freddie Kissoon based on a June 28, 2010 article, titled ‘King Kong sent his goons to disrupt the conference.”

Luncheon, responding to questions by defence attorney Nigel Hughes, was asked if the article changed his opinion of…..


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