ACCORDING TO PERSAD-BISSESSAR, THE AG ONLY SPOKE PUBLICLY ON THE MATTER, VIA A PRESS RELEASE OVER THE WEEKEND, AFTER A REPORTER FROM THE EXPRESS NEWSPAPER SENT HIM A SERIES OF QUESTIONS REGARDING HIS PRIOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE KUEI TUNG’S MATTER AND THE PRESENT CIVIL PROCEEDINGS AT THE MIAMI COURT. SHE ADDED THAT WHEN FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMESH LAWRENCE MAHARAJ WAS APPOINTED AG BY BASDEO PANDY, MAHARAJ IMMEDIATELY RECUSED HIMSELF FROM ALL MATTERS HE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN.
