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  • good afternoon I am Andrea Chism with the midday news for this Wednesday

  • October 9 a special welcome if you're watching on one spot media.com there has

  • been a major development in the corruption probe involving former

  • education minister well-read and the government entities which fell under his

  • portfolio mr. Reid the president of the cabin maritime University professor

  • Fritz pinnock and counselor for the brownstone division in st. Anne Kim

  • Brown Lawrence were this morning detained by the police following raids

  • at their houses TV jeiza Shane masters reports the major organized crime and

  • anti-corruption agency mocha says for simultaneous operations were carried out

  • targeting the main suspects implicated in multimillion-dollar corruption and

  • foreign schemes perpetrated at the Ministry of Education CMU and other

  • government entities the operations which got underway at 5 o'clock this morning

  • took place in st. Andrews and Catherine Anderson tan the house of former member

  • of parliament and CMU employee of nee Lawrence was also searched he has not

  • been detained the raids also involved the financial investigation division fi

  • Dee and the Constabulary financial unit of the counterterrorism and organized

  • crime division C top information reaching TVJ news is that former

  • education minister rural Reid and two members of his family are likely to be

  • taken into custody later today in the Caribbean maritime university CMU

  • education ministry corruption probe mr. Reid resigned on March 20 amid the

  • corruption allegations and yesterday pinnock was sent on special leaf with me

  • that effect pending the outcome of the probe Moka said the investigations

  • involved allegations of corruption fraud and misappropriation of public funds

  • involving the ministry of education and at the CMU in a statement released

  • earlier this morning mocha did not name those arrested

  • however it reported that a number of persons were arrested and taken into

  • custody for further questioning this morning the Director of Public

  • Prosecutions DPP Paul aluminum said since her last

  • consultation with law enforcement authorities three months ago there has

  • been no further contact the Lord let me make it quite clear please the DPP the

  • VP's office and I had a team of four lawyers we prepared a 13-page opinion

  • which we said has been submitted has made no recommendation so the FIB and

  • the police authority in July Lauren found that for criminal laws may have

  • been breached by key players in the Royal we to CMU corruption case in

  • addition to the breaches of the four criminal laws the DPP said they were

  • possible to common law offenses and possible administrative breaches she

  • also recommended further investigations but said the decision whether to arrest

  • and charge any of the accused and placed them before the court rested with the

  • police and other investigative the body's machine masters TVJ news and for

  • more details on the raids carried out this morning here Stevie J Kirk right

  • before daybreak mocha operatives souped down on

  • professor Phoenix hellshire home in st. Catherine the

  • police took several items from his home some of which appeared to be cellular

  • phones and other electronic gadgets the police were observed recording aspects

  • of their operation on several occasions professor pinic was seen moving in and

  • out his house during one of the exchanges outside the house the police

  • had him sign a document but minutes before he was taken away

  • in an unmarked vehicle the professor was seen kissing relatives goodbye in

  • Kingston at MOCA headquarters at the NC B towers he was escorted into the

  • building surrounded by police but without handles Kirk right TV genius

  • in the meantime information Minister Khar Samudra gave the government's

  • initial reactor reaction to this morning's operation by the police what

  • they have done is as a consequence of what they have investigated and their

  • findings and it is part of what makes us an established and recognized country

  • governed by the rule of law and that applies to everyone no matter what

  • position you hold so basically I know nothing beyond what I have been advised

  • I find it regrettable I find it unfortunate because it hits at the heart

  • of what we are all striving to achieve and that is a stable and responsible

  • country that adheres to all the tenants of good governance among which at the

  • pinnacle is the rule of law so beyond that and not much more I can I can

  • advise you on we await further updates from the security forces and they are

  • free and they are authorized to take whatever measures in their view are

  • appropriate to handling this situation and it's time for a break here on the

  • midday news but stay with us more stories right after these messages

good afternoon I am Andrea Chism with the midday news for this Wednesday

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