Ombudsman defends report on Arjoon complaint

Winston Moore

Amid criticism from senior government officials, Ombudsman Justice Winston Moore yesterday defended his report on a complaint that had been brought by former Chief Executive Officer of the New Building Society (NBS), Maurice Arjoon and challenged detractors to show where he had acted unfairly.

Moore’s report on the complaint contained the finding that a “grave injustice” had been done to Arjoon and two other managers as there was no evidence to sustain the charge of conspiracy to defraud which was eventually brought by the police against the trio.

Moore, who assumed the office this year after it had been vacant for nearly a decade,