Brigadier Peter Joseph is suing the government of Trinidad and Tobago for firing him from his post as director of the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (SAUTT), seeking nearly $2 million in compensation, a media report says.
The Trinidad Express reported Tuesday that Joseph has sent a pre-action protocol letter to the Ministry of National Security and is awaiting a response.
Government fired Joseph in September last year. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced his dismissal shortly before leaving for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
Government fired Joseph in September last year. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced his dismissal shortly before leaving for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
Read the story: PM terminates SAUTT Director Brigadier Peter Joseph
SAUTT is one of the agencies that the Prime Minister had accused of spying on her while she was in Opposition and also on other members of society. Joseph denied that and stated that he had written to Persad-Bissessar "to personally reassure her and the people of Trinidad and Tobago that SAUTT never 'spied' on her or any Member of Parliament".
Joseph maintained that the organisation never engaged in illegal wiretapping, calling such accusations "unfounded, malicious rumours".
Persad-Bissessar subsequently disclosed in Parliament that it was the Security Intelligence Agency (SIA), a spy unit under the Strategic Services Agency, which had been illegally spying on citizens. In October last year the government fired the SIA director, Nigel Clement.
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