Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur yesterday declined to give evidence against Glenn Lall, effectively bringing to an end a court matter in which the newspaper owner was accused of threatening the GRA boss. In a statement Sattaur later said his decision was based on his disappointment with the “untimeliness” in the laying of the charges and concerns about the unnecessary spotlight being placed on members of his staff.

“My decision of not providing further evidence on the matter today, at this juncture, is consistent with the position that I have asked my lawyer, who represented me, to take on the matter that would hopefully see the GRA being removed from the spotlight, as the staff were beginning to feel the fatigue from the excessive public attention that was unwarrantedly given to the current court imbroglio in which the Lalls were charged for criminal offenses under the Customs Act,” the Commissioner General said in his statement.

“Having therefore the concern over the possible negative outcome, and in view of the manner in which this matter has been pursued in the media, more so by certain media houses, in consultation with my lawyers it was decided that no public good can be served to have evidence provided on the matter today and in the foreseeable future,” Sattaur stated.

extracted from newguymedia.com