HEAD OF the Kingston East Police Division, Superintendent Doric Sinclair, has ordered an investigation to establish for how long businessman Danhai Williams had stop reporting to the police as part of his bail conditions.
Mr. Williams, a well-known activist for the governing People's National Party (PNP), and six other persons were charged in October 2003 with alleged irregularities uncovered in the Operation PRIDE housing project, in which $450 million was left unaccounted for.
The police said Mr. Williams was supposed to have been reporting weekly to the Rollington Town Police in East Kingston. However, the station diary has shown that he had not repored for some time.
LAID WARRANT
Reports are that, on Thursday, policemen from the Fraud Squad laid a warrant for Williams on information from the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court. The warrant was laid because he breached one of the conditions of his bail.
The police now have the authority to arrest Williams and take him before the court.
Under the Bail Act, a policeman does not need a warrant to arrest a person who breaches the conditions of his bail.
The police, on making such an arrest, are entitled to take the person before the court within 24 hours. The judge would then determine whether bail should be revoked.
Checks yesterday afternoon revealed that Williams had not yet been arrested.
He is one of the witnesses the prosecution is expected to call on Monday at the Kraal murder trial in the Home Circuit Court. A subpoena has been issued for Williams to attend the trial.
