ATTORNEY-General and Legal Affairs Minister, Anil Nandlall on Wednesday formally wrote to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) and the Crime Chief to investigate a lawyer closely attached to the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) over the sale of State lands at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara.

The lawyer, who is also a Coalition leader, reportedly received US$1M for State lands sold under questionable circumstances.
Nandlall, in a letter seen by this publication, noted that certain transactions relating to State lands from 2016-2020 are being reviewed by the Government.
The Attorney-General also dispatched three files to SOCU and the Crime Chief, with the request to initiate the investigations into criminal wrongdoing.
According to documents seen by this publication, the land was sold to a company connected to the Oil and Gas Industry; however, the money did not go to the owner, but instead to the attorney.

This was also confirmed by documents from the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) on divestment of lands on East Bank Demerara.
In one of the deals, 15 acres of land was leased to a company for US$11,000 annually, but that company sold the land to a Chinese national for G$100.

According to documents, the same lawyer also drafted another agreement for 15 acres of land at Peter’s Hall for a company, Arken Group of Companies of Alberttown.
However, there is no public record of this company owning any assets, but the same company then sold the said plot of land to a Chinese national for G$200M (US$1M).
That US$1M was deposited into the account of the lawyer.