PUBLISHER of the Kaieteur News Mr. Mohan Lall, also known as Glenn Lall, has found himself in hot water, once again, after admitting that the conversations on the phones he give to his employees are recorded, be it private conversations or related to the business of the local daily.

The admission, made public by local news outlets yesterday, comes a day after a senior reporter at the Kaieteur News, Mr. Leonard Gildharie, was implicated in a leaked private telephone conversation that allegedly occurred between him and the Attorney-General, Mr. Anil Nandlall.
Gildharie was subsequently “suspended” according to his boss, on the grounds that he was disrespectful.
Questions are being asked as to how Lall came into possession of the recording, if indeed it was recorded by the reporter – a possibility that constitutes a legal infraction.
Questions are also being asked under what circumstances the telephone conversation was recorded, if it was a recording or a result of wiretapping activities – another legal infraction.
The Kaieteur News publisher has since attempted to defend the recording of the private conversation, saying that the AG was informed that the conversation was being recorded.
Lall said, “If you listen to the tape it speaks for itself…the man (Gildharie) told him (Nandlall) this is being taped and he said Glenn Lall can’t do that…the reporter told him that it was being recorded, the reporter also told him that it was a smart phone.”
However, the fact that this is false is proven by a transcript of the 19-minute recording, which was published on a two-page spread by Kaieteur News itself.
As it relates to the comment about the “smart-phone” that Lall made, the transcript of the recording indicated that Nandlall was inquiring about an interview done by Kaieteur News with a relative of his, Mr. Kamal Mangal.
In the recording, Nandlall said, “No no me nah quarrel with you, but all I am saying half wha he never tell you, de man say he never tell you that he didn’t know that he got to live in Guyana, the man said he live here but he got fuh travel.”
Gildharie responded, “The man said duh, we got it on record.”
The Attorney-General then questioned, “Wha record? The man say you nah tape nothing yuh nah write nothing.”
At this comment, Gildharie mentioned the use of a smart phone. He said, “The man nah know bout smart phone, of course we does be taping these people.”
FEAR OF TAPPING
Additionally, at no point in the 19-minute conversation, did Gildharie indicate to Nandlall that the recording was being taped.
The senior reporter, however, indicated that he could not disclose certain information for fear of his phone being tapped by his boss, Lall.
“Me gun tell you. Ah can’t tell you on the phone, man. Oh (expletive), you wan (expletive) me up,” Gildharie was heard saying at one point.
At another point in the conversation, Gildharie is heard saying that he stepped out of his office to take the call, when asked where he was.
“Me just deh at the back, I deh at the back of Kaieteur News…Ah just come fuh tek dis call heh,” he said.
This debacle follows concerns being raised only last week over Lall’s illegal surveillance of the phone calls and other communications of his staff, Government officials, as well as private Guyanese citizens.