Auditor General Deodat Sharma has been asked to investigate City Hall Public Relations Officer Royston King for allegedly signing a tax waiver without the legal authority to do so, according to acting Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker.
Whittaker also told Stabroek News last week that he had written a letter to the Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud to also alert him about the purported irregularity. “I have asked the Auditor General to investigate the matter and I have also written a letter to the Police Commissioner on the matter,” he said, while explaining that he was “not about to accuse King of anything” but that the situation was enough to warrant investigations.
The waiver for some $36 million was granted to the Beacon Foundation, and King is apparently identified as acting Town Clerk.
This newspaper understands that the letter issued to the Beacon Foundation was dated July 13, 2012, and according to a source,
