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Court blocks Mehul Choski’s repatriation from Dominica

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Nature Isle News (NIN): A battery of lawyers comprising Wayne Norde, Wayne Marsh, Cara Shillingford-Marsh, and Julian Prevost have petitioned the court and obtained an Order in the High Court in Roseau to stop the Chief Immigration Officer from repatriating Indian-born fugitive Mehul Choksi from Dominica.

Choksi was reported missing on Sunday, May 23, 2021, by a family member, sparking a manhunt for him. Local police in Antigua said they were seeking help from local and regional law enforcement counterparts and had asked Interpol to issue a yellow notice list.

The businessman, who took citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda in 2017 using the Citizenship by Investment programme before fleeing India in the first week of January 2018, was last seen on Sunday in his car.

He is wanted in his home country for his alleged involvement in a US multi-billion-dollar bank fraud.

The Government of Dominica through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have confirmed that Choski is in Dominica and they are doing their due diligence before returning him back to Antigua.

Speaking to Nature Isle News (NIN) Wayne Marsh explained that the police have infringed on the constitutional rights of Choski.

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“We were denied access to our client and on May 27, 2021, at about 7:30 am I was finally given access to speak to him and noticed that he was severely beaten, his eyes swollen, and had several burnt marks on his body. He reported to me that he was abducted at Jolly Harbour in Antigua and brought to Dominica by persons whom he believes to be Indian and Antiguan police on a vessel he describes to be about 60-70 feet in length and arrived on Sunday in a local he is not familiar with and the following day Monday he was taken by the Coast Guard Police to a location in Roseau,” Marsh stated.

According to him, while speaking to Mr. Chocki, Inspector Daniel asked them to leave as they were not allowed to speak to him. He described the situation as “quite troubling” given the fact the Choski is a CARICOM citizen.

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court In the High Court of Justice Commonwealth of Dominica

DOM HCV 117 OF 2021

BETWEEN:

MEHUL CHOKS

APPLICANT

AND

THE ATIORNEY GENERAL OF COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA CHIEF OF POLICE

RESPONDENTS

BeforeHonourable Madam Justice M E Birnie Stephenson Dated27th day of May, 2021

Entered:   day of     2021

DRAFT ORDER

UPON HEARING Mr. Julian Prevost, Mr. Wayne Norde, Mrs Cara Shillingford-Marsh and Mr.Wayne Marsh Attorneys at Law for the Applicant

AND UPON READING the Certificate of Urgency and the Exparte Notice of Application and Affidavit in Support of Mrs. Cara Shillingford- Marsh sworn to and filed on behalf of the Applicant on the 271t1 day of May,2021 with exhibits

AND UPOCounsel  Mr. Wayne Norde undertaking to file the sworn affidavit of Mr Mehul Choks

AND UPON reading the unsworn affidavit of Mr Mehul Choks

AND UPON Consideration of Section 3(3) and 8 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Dominica

IT IS ORDERED that:

  1. That the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Police whether by themselves, their servants, agents and/or representatives be restrained from depriving the Applicant access to Legal Counsel and /Legal Representation;
  2. That the applicant be allowed to meet with his Legal Counsel forthwith;
  3. That the defendants be restrained whether by themselves, servants, agents and/or representatives from removing the applicant from The Commonwealth of Dominica until further or other hearing of this application;
  4. This order is to be served immediately on the Defendants by email and fax and in person, and the Head of Immigration at the Douglas Charles Airport by email and fax;
  5. This matter will be heard urgently at 9:00 AM in the forenoon on Friday 28tMay

2021;

  • Liberty to apply; and
  • The applicant has conduct of this order.

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]