Former attorney general Anil Nandlall was yesterday questioned by Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) investigators about law books the PPP/C government reportedly purchased for him while he held office and he said that it was his public criticisms of his successor Basil Williams SC that made him a target of the agency.
Nandlall, who spent more than an hour at SOCU’s Camp Street headquarters, is maintaining that he has done nothing wrong and that the investigation is all part of a political witch-hunt being spearheaded by Williams, with whom he has been at loggerheads since the change in government.
Nandlall, who is a PPP/C executive member and parliamentarian, was allowed to leave after giving a statement.
Former president Donald Ramotar, who reportedly approved the purchase of the books, which at the time were valued at more than $1 million, is also expected to be questioned. Up to press time, this had not been done and SOCU officials gave no indication when it would be.
