Auditor General’s office mum on probe of abuse of remigrant scheme

The Auditor General’s Office is remaining silent on whether it is investigating abuses of the duty free concessions to remigrants for vehicles imported into the country, in the light of the recent seizure of two vehicles belonging to family friends of Kaieteur News publisher Glen Lall.

The GRA recently seized the vehicles belonging to Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan and Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur said the move was part of a wider investigation into the use of vehicles imported by remigrants that began since the start of the year.

Lall has charged that the GRA’s seizure of the vehicles, which were used by him and his wife, was in retaliation for