{"id":9662,"date":"2017-11-27T13:07:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=9662"},"modified":"2017-11-27T13:07:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:07:01","slug":"proceeds-of-controversial-auction-stolen-from-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/proceeds-of-controversial-auction-stolen-from-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"Proceeds of controversial auction stolen from senator"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over $155,000, the proceeds of an auction conducted by Senator and auctioneer Michael Freeland and for which his name was removed off the list of potential candidates on the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) ticket in St John\u2019s Rural East, was stolen.<\/span><\/p>

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This was revealed moments ago in the Upper House by Senator and Leader of Government Business Lennox Weston, who interrupted the debate of Senator Chester Hughes on the Customs Control and Management Amendment Bill 2017.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hughes was making reference to the situation in which Prime Minister Gaston Browne had said that Freeland had done an auction and the proceeds had not been paid.<\/span><\/p>

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However, at the point during his presentation when Hughes said he had uncovered some information, Senator Weston rose to his feet and disclosed that the proceeds from the auction were stolen, and the matter was reported to the police.<\/span><\/p>

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Weston said Freeland has been making restitution of the sums, which is almost paid up.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMadame President, I am not here to speak about what happens on radio stations and who says what, I can only report the facts. The colleague, Senator Freeland, is an auctioneer and he did an auction and the very night of collecting the proceedings he reported a break-in in his vehicle to the police, [he] officially reported it and $160,000 was stolen and he went the next day and made arrangements to pay back the sums in three tranches.<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cHe has been meeting those requirements in a very straight forward manner, the politics of it [I\u2019m]\u00a0\u00a0not into. On political campaigns people say all kinda things but in terms of the facts of it, it is a very straight forward matter, the crime was reported to the police and he came in the very next day and made arrangements to repay the full sum in I think three or four tranches, and he has met all those tranches, he has I think one other payment to complete,\u201d Weston revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The senator said there we nothing \u201chanky panky, there was no cover-up, there was nothing illegal , it was a straight forward matter in terms of the transaction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

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After Weston clarified the matter, which PM Browne said he was awaiting a face to face with Freeland, who told him (Browne) there were some peculiar issues which had to be explained in person for a better understanding of the matter, Senator Hughes was disallowed from continuing down that line.<\/span><\/p>

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Senate President Alincia Williams Grant told him she had given him ample latitude and there was no need to continue with the personal issue any further.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hughes felt that Weston\u2019s clarification was cause for him to ask further questions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Over $155,000, the proceeds of an auction conducted by Senator and auctioneer Michael Freeland and for which his name was removed off the list of potential candidates on the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) ticket in St John\u2019s Rural East, was stolen. 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