Luncheon preferred `sanctions other than prosecution’ against drug lords –US cable

Dr Roger Luncheon

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon in 2005 had reportedly told US Embassy officials that he preferred “sanctions other than prosecution” against drug lords.

This position by Dr Luncheon was “cause for some concern” for then US Ambassador Roland Bullen who had written to Washington about the views put forward by the government official in a confidential cable on December 20, 2005.

Luncheon yesterday took umbrage at