$4M missing from Region 10 account

Sharma Solomon

How $4M has disappeared without a trace from an account of the Region Ten Regional Democratic Council (RDC).

As a result, a councillor has called for the matter to be put in the hands of the police, while the Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon has expressed concern that since former officials were among the signatories to the account and the matter had been under investigation for some time, it is surprising that very little information is available on it.

Stabroek News was told that when the matter was last discussed in detail at a statutory meeting of the RDC some months ago Solomon had disclosed that $6M was deposited by the Linmine Secretariat into an account of the Regional Democratic Council. This money was