PETER RAMSAROOP, the former CEO of the Alliance for Change (AFC), has changed his account several times regarding the hidden cameras that were found in an apartment that he leased to Nicole Ming.
Ming, who is an employee of Guyana Times, rented an apartment from Peter Ramsaroop and moved in on March 15. According to Ming, at no time was she told that there were cameras inside the apartment. She only was told that there were cameras outside the building.
At a press briefing, she told media operatives that after moving in, she noticed an object on the wall of the apartment, but thought it was a motion detector.
Later on, however, she noticed a red light flashing from the object ‘when one of her friends lifted her top’ during a house party. A complaint was made to the police and an investigation started. Since the investigation, conflicting accounts have emerged.
Mr. Ramsaroop first stated that the cameras were already in the room when it was rented to Ming. The former CEO of the AFC stated that he had installed the cameras in the room, which was previously used as an office. He then converted the office to an apartment, but did not remove the cameras.
Mr. Ramsaroop also indicated that the room was a garage that was converted into an apartment.
The original account by Mr. Ramsaroop, which stated that the cameras were already in the room, was later adjusted when he claimed that the cameras were planted. This allegation is not consistent with his first account of the matter.
Other discrepancies have also surfaced in accounts given by Mr. Ramsaroop. At a press conference on Tuesday, May 18, Ramsaroop stated that he served an eviction notice to Ming because she, allegedly, has connections to a government official.
Ming, however, has stated that the eviction notice was served on her on the day she was packing to leave, not before, as stated by Ramsaroop. She also told media operatives that Ramsaroop, in the presence of her mother, begged her to settle the matter. According to the Guyana Times employee, Ramsaroop said: ‘We need to settle this now. We need to do this before this whole story goes out of control.”
Another conflicting piece of information surrounds alleged phone tapping. In a statement released to Kaieteur News, Ramsaroop alleges that his phone might have been tapped from Ming’s apartment. Ming, however, has stated that Ramsaroop requested to borrow her keys to fix a phone wire. The former CEO of the AFC has not denied entering the apartment as per his request to fix the phone wire.
One major inconsistency surrounding the matter revolves around the unusually low rent for the apartment. The tenant’s contract showed that she was paying only $30,000 for the furnished apartment in upscale Queenstown.
Real estate sources knowledgeable about the Georgetown rental market say that the rent was well below market price. One source stated that a similar apartment several miles from the city would cost at least $75,000 to $100,000 per month.
Police discovered three cameras in the apartment – one hidden in a radio in the bathroom; another hidden in a clock; and a third that was focused on the woman’s bed.
Ramsaroop left Guyana suddenly for the United States, but has promised to return. His lawyer is Mr. Robert Corbin.