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« on: September 09, 2013, 11:56:24 AM »
‘HAPPILY MARRIED’
Legal letters fly in support of AG’s wife

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Harassed-by-journalist-222908841.html

Story Created: Sep 8, 2013 at 11:16 PM ECT


Legal letters are flying fast to prevent publication of any story on Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and his wife Nalini.
Like her husband, Nalini Ramlogan is now threatening to take the Express and reporter Anika Gumbs to court should “falsities” be published about her.
Attorney Jagdeo Singh, who is representing Mrs Ramlogan, wrote Express editor-in-chief Omatie Lyder last Saturday stating that he had been instructed by his client “to take all such action as may be necessary to protect her good name and to prevent her from being brought into odium and disrepute”.
Singh’s letter follows a similar one from senior counsel Pamela Elder on September 5 on behalf of the AG, threatening legal action against the Express should “falsities” be published about him.
These legal letters have been issued as Gumbs pursues the facts behind certain information given to her by sources.
Mrs Ramlogan, like her husband, is also alleging that Gumbs posed as a police officer twice, first at Palmiste, where the Ramlogans live, and then at the home of Mrs Ramlogan’s parents in Barrackpore, where Gumbs had gone in pursuit of the story last week.
Gumbs has again been reminded in the lawyer’s letter that impersonating a police officer could land her in jail along with a fine.
In response to Mrs Ramlogan’s allegations, Gumbs yesterday vehemently denied that she identified herself as a friend of the Ramlogan family when she approached Mrs Ramlogan for an interview last week.
In fact, Express records show that Gumbs was identified as a journalist by the Ramlogans’ domestic helper, Goomatie Ragbir, who had worked with Gumbs at the Guardian South Bureau and Gumbs identified herself as “Anika” to Mrs Ramlogan.
The Express can also prove that Mrs Ramlogan never asked Gumbs to leave the premises where she lives as alleged in Singh’s letter.
In fact, at the end of the interview, Gumbs told Mrs Ramlogan: “Okay, have a good day,” to which she replied: “You too.”
Further, Express records show that no interview was ever conducted with Mrs Ramlogan’s neighbour Abdel Mohammed, who, according to Singh’s letter, is alleging that Gumbs impersonated a police officer attached to San Fernando Police Station when she approached him.
Attorney Singh also wrote “that any publication by you of matters relating to these falsities (including the publication of pre-action letters) would result in legal proceedings being instituted against both your newspaper and Ms Gumbs-Sandiford. In the circumstances, I ask you to note that I have my client’s firm instructions to take all such action as may be necessary to protect her good name and to prevent her from being brought into odium and disrepute”.


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