Jagdeo’s security breached, says senior police

Kaieteur News’ publication of aerial photographs of former president Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘Pradoville 2’ estate has been dubbed a serious breach of security, the Government Information (GINA) said last evening, while quoting a senior police official.

The police official, who was not named, was referring to the photographs that accompanied an article in yesterday’s Kaieteur News, ‘Jagdeo acquired more wealth in office than any other Guyanese President – AFC Chairman.’ The article reported on a televised debate on NCN on Sunday, in which AFC Chairman Nigel Hughes questioned the propriety of Jagdeo’s real estate acquisitions while in office, including the acquisition of the ‘Pradoville 2’ property at below market prices.

According to GINA, the official said that despite the freedom of the local press, the newspaper should have been cognisant of the fact that such photographs could serve to embolden those who