No request made for police to probe NCN

The police will not probe the financial irregularities uncovered at the state broadcaster NCN, since they have not received a request to do so.

When contacted yesterday, acting Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell briefly said that he has not received a request to have an investigation done into NCN. It was previously explained to Stabroek News that the police cannot mount an investigation unless they have been invited to do so.

The opposition political parties, APNU and AFC, have called for police to probe the state-controlled entity,