Moonilal interviewed by police

Moonilal said yesterday he has been interviewed by investigators and said he was assisting the police in the matter.

He said it was likely Attorney General Faris Al Rawi will also be interviewed soon.

Moonilal presented the photographs on October 11, during his budget contribution in the Lower House. Immediately after, Al Rawi refused to confirm or deny if the children in the photos were his, but admitted that members of his family received a threat-assessment and training from members of the TT military at Camp Cumuto, as he was deemed a “high risk” person.

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley __ also speaking in the Budget debate __ confirmed this when in a stinging attack on the army, he said the leak of the photos had put the Attorney General’s children at risk.

Sometime later, then acting Commissioner of Police Harold Phillip appointed a senior police officer to lead a team to investigate and report on whether or not any offences against the Firearms Act were committed by persons during a visit to Camp Cumuto in October 2015.

The investigation was ordered after Moonilal wrote to the acting commissioner, outlining what he termed breaches of the Firearms Act, allegedly committed by persons named in the letter. Moonilal contended that the Firearms Act was breached as the photos showed persons under the age of 25, brandishing and in one case, using firearms.

The law states that no license or other authority can be given to a person under the age of 25 to possess and/or use any firearm.

He also said the military was not empowered to train any civilian in military tactics as AG Al Rawi said members of his family underwent (the AG used the term ‘threat assessment training’) at Camp Cumuto.

The Defence Force also launched its own investigation on the issue.