–for libellous story on SC Poonai

Dear Editor,

THE Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana wholly condemns the false, irresponsible and libellous report in Kaieteur News of May 23, 2019 under the headline ‘Attorney Convicted of Fraud in Canada Appointed Senior Counsel’, which, without any justification whatsoever, attempts to bring Mr. Rajendra Nath Poonai S.C. into disrepute, and lower him in the estimation of right-thinking members of society.

Mr. Rajendra Nath Poonai, S.C., was never convicted of any crime and/or disbarred in Canada as alleged nor has he ever practised law in Canada.
Regards,
Bar Council