Petrojam prosecutions could be imminent - Creary error doesn’t invalidate Integrity Commission report, says Panton

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Petrojam prosecutions could be imminent - Creary error doesn’t invalidate Integrity Commission report, says Panton

Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Seymour Panton, says that prosecutions are likely to follow from the two Petrojam reports that were tabled at the end of June in Parliament. Asked to comment on former energy minister Andrew Wheatley’s move to...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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