I ACT on behalf of Mr. Nigel Dharamlall, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.

I am instructed that on Friday, the 19th day of September, 2014, the HGP Nightly News carried a news article headlined, ‘PS IN HOT WATER AGAIN…ANOTHER CASE OF STAFF ABUSE’. The article, inter alia, alleges that my client was involved in a physical altercation with a member of staff of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, is engaged in an extra marital affair with the said member of staff and has a history of such behaviour.
My client vehemently denies all of the allegations contained in the said news article.
The said article used words, which, in their natural and ordinary meaning meant, and were understood to mean, that, my client:
1. has committed a criminal offence or several criminal offences;
2. is abusing and/or misusing the office of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs; and
3. is unfit to hold the office of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.
Please be informed that the aforesaid publication is indisputably libellous and has caused my client great public ridicule, odium, contempt, embarrassment, humiliation, both locally and internationally and has caused disparage to the office of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, which he holds.
In the circumstances, I am instructed to demand, as I hereby do, that you publish a retraction of the libellous statements of and concerning my client along with an unreserved apology, giving same, equal or greater prominence than that enjoyed by the libellous statements, within 48 (forty eight) hours from the date hereof. If you fail to do so, I have instructions to institute legal proceedings against you and the publisher of the HGP Nightly News.

SASE R. GUNRAJ
Attorney-at-Law