Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang has ordered that the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) release the vehicles belonging to Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan, who moved to the High Court yesterday to challenge the lawfulness of the agency’s decision to seize and detain them.
The GRA took possession of the vehicles on Saturday and Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur has since said that it is part of a wider investigation into the use of vehicles imported by remigrants that began since the start of the year. Kaieteur News publisher Glen Lall, who is a close family friend of the couple and made use of the vehicles along with his wife, has since said that the move was intended to persecute the newspaper due to its reports on government corruption.
Following an application yesterday, by way of notice of motion on the part of the Brijnanans and hearing their attorney, Justice Chang directed the GRA to show cause why its decision to seize the two Lexus LX 570 vehicles, bearing registration numbers PRR 8398 and PRR 8399, should not be quashed on the grounds that it was unlawful and a temporary order should not be
