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Rickford Burke today had lawyers in Guyana demand a payment of $20 million from NCN for libel suffered based on his arrest story. Apparently, the identity theft story is not true and it seems like it was a minor traffic offense that he was charged with. Will post the lawyers letter tonight as I can't grab it from the source with the phone I'm posting on. I hope he sues the Chronicle, New guy media, GNI and all the other PPP propaganda sites

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There is a reason why Capitol News did not carry a report out of New York about Political Activist Rickford Burke. There was absolutely no evidence to support the allegations. There is a court document that a Wilton R Burke faces a charge for a Traffic Offense as listed here:
Court: Kings Criminal Court
Case #: 2013KN003941
Defendant: Burke, Wilton R

Charge Detail
VTL 511.2A 02
**TOP CHARGE** Unclassified Misdemeanor, 1 count, Not an arrest charge, Arraignment charge
Description Aggravated Unlic Oper Veh 2

So a letter like the one below from Burke’s attorneys has been avoided.
31st January 2013.
The Editor in Chief
National Communication Networks
Homestretch Avenue
Durban Park, Georgetown.
Dear Sir,
We have been consulted by Mr. Rickford Burke in relation to a news item entitled "APNU official Rickford Burke charged for identity theft in New York” published on NCN News on the 30th January 2013.
The direct references to our client coupled with the allegation of a charge of a serious criminal nature amount to a very serious libel.
All the allegations are untrue.
We have to request you to submit to us a draft of a very clear and unqualified apology and retraction for publication in an equally conspicuous position in the next edition of your Six O'clock news.
Further having regard to our client's position as a businessman, a social and political activist, the gravity of the allegation made and your television large viewership, our client is dearly entitled to substantial damages as well as an apology.
We are instructed to demand, as we hereby do the sum of $20,000,000.00 (twenty million dollars) as damages for the aforementioned libel.
Failing to response within forty eight hours our instructions are to issue a writ. In the meantime our client reserves all his rights.
Yours faithfully,
HUGHES, FIELDS & STOBY
Mars

http://www.caribbeanamericanforum.com/?p=2634


BROOKLYN, NEW YORK: President of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) Rickford Burke is slapping libel and defamation lawsuits against the Guyana Chronicle newspapers and National Communications Network (NCN) Television, entities of Guyana’s ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government. A defamation suit is also being filed against PPP website Newguymedia.com. The legal action stems from publication of false and slanderous allegations that Burke was arrested in New York for identity theft, when he was in fact the victim of identity theft. Burke has retained prominent Guyanese Attorney Nigel Hughes.

 

 

The Institute’s Director of Communications Jevon Suralie in a statement Thursday described the articles as “fabricated sleaze” and said the Chronicle newspaper and NCN TV were “utensils of filth and racist PPP propaganda.” Pointing to false and malicious comments from President Donald Ramotar’s communications officer, Suralie accused Guyana’s Office of the President of peddling smear. He noted that the president’s communications officer has been charged with assault and investigated for alleged child rape and contended that “It’s ironic he would indulge in defamation of this sort. It is also inconceivable that President Donald Ramotar would allow his office to operate as “cesspool for slander” he added.

The institute said Burke had a recent encounter with NYPD officers which resulted in the issuance of a traffic violation summons for “unlicensed driver.” He said an Internal Affairs investigation has ensued as Burke was exiting his parked car and not driving at the time.  The incident led to the discovery that someone or persons have been driving under his name and that he was the victim of identity theft. The perpetrators accumulated multiple unpaid summonses, duplicate DMV records and SCOFFS laws violations and judgments under Burke’s name, resulting in multiple license suspensions. They also opened an HSBC Bank credit card account. Police and DMV officials are investigating. A copy of the summons has been released.

 

The Guyana Chronicle, NCN television and Newguymedia on Wednesday alleged Burke

 

 

was arrested for identity theft in the purchase of a motor vehicle. “To lend credibility to this falsity, they hacked into his Facebook page and downloaded and published a photograph of him standing next to a vehicle he previously owned but traded in two years ago,” Suralie said. He fingered  a Queens Attorney and PPP supporter who was recently arrested by the FBI for fraud as a party to what he called “the PPP’s defamation campaign.”

 

Brooklyn Attorney Donnell Suares has written to owner and publisher of Newguymedia,  Clinton Dubissette of 3123 Beverly Road Brooklyn, New York, demanding an immediate retraction. Attorney Nigel Hughes has has demanded retractions from the Guyana Chronicle and NCN TV.“Rickford Burke is the victim of identity theft. DMV officials are working to sanitize his driving record. It is inconceivable that the ruling party in Guyana and its supporters in Queens can, out of desperation, turn these facts on their head and fabricate and publish such evil lies with intent to smear and defame. No nefarious acts will not deter Mr. Burke or CGID from speaking out against racism and corruption in Guyana,” Suralie contended.
Mars
Originally Posted by God:

Coounscie and the rest of the Peanut Butter Crew at New Guy Media saw the story about Burke on GNI and they took it and ran with it. Then the clowns at NCN and the Chronicle couldn't pass up an opportunity to sling some filth.

 

Now they have to buy the man a new Range Rover. 

 

 

 I do not see any of the Newmedia crew on the net today. Kwame and Misir must be spanking them soundly.

FM

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