Burning of records by intelligence chief raises serious concerns

September 12, 2026·3 min read

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Kiskadee Watch ·Sep 12, 2026

Dear Editor,

Daily it gets more bizarre in Guyana. Guyanese learn how members of the PPP Government engage in the art of self-protection. The papers related to the interaction between Messrs. Azruddin and Nazar Mohamed and a U.S. Federal agent have been burnt to ashes (probably thrown overboard, to make doubly sure). The cremation of that conversation, what’s called an interview, was done by the Guyana Police Intelligence Chief. Is that bizarre or macabre? What to make of this development now coming to light, compliments of Demerara Waves, Kiskadee Watch, and Kaieteur News?^[1]

For starters, some seniors in the PPP Government live in mortal dread. The Mohameds were regulars in their secret haunts. Now they haunt them. No chances taken. Burn the damn question-and-answer sheets to a pile of mush. Ensure that not one of the names they mentioned to Uncle Sam’s man ever surfaces. The challenge that the PPP Government’s brass has to live with is this: the more that’s hidden, the more is revealed. What do the facts and circumstances say?

First fact and circumstances: the interview between the two Guyanese under the gun (literally) and the U.S. Marshal occurred under a year ago. The record of that interaction has since gone up in smoke.^[2] It is said that dead men tell no tales. I say that no loose papers hanging around leave no tracks. To the heights. To any senior that may have been identified, incriminated. There had to be, since the Mohameds did not accumulate their guns, their wealth, and their vast access to power, all on their own. Even a man as holy as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King needed a Sheriff Bull Conor and Governors George Wallace and Orville Faubus to make him into a Civil Rights hero to Black Americans. I think the Mohameds spilled some bad stuff about leading PPP Government lights, so those interview records had to be set afire before sunset.

Second fact and circumstances: the Guyana Police Force must have a standing record retention policy that mandates holding onto records for more than a year. Depending on what’s involved, it could be three, five, or seven years. Some documents have a lifetime requirement. No end, no way. The Mohameds interaction surely couldn’t qualify as a traffic stop, or something to do with lifting a bundle of Bok Choy. And even papers for those would be retained for much more than a year.

Third fact and circumstances: it is guaranteed that the government subjects it senior intel agents to the most rigorous exposures on how to care for sensitive documents. Especially when such are related to high-profile subjects. Who is more high-profile in Guyana today than the Mohameds tag team? It was a champion team for PPP luminaries before. It’s a team that provokes championship alarms at high elevations in the PPP Government. Therefore, that interaction record had to be more closely guarded than Cabinet Papers marked “Secret.” It makes it so sacred as to be untouchable. It strains credulity that there could be that unholy haste to get rid of those papers.

Fourth fact and circumstances: note well the lengths to which the government went to obliterate the interaction record. No shredding. No dillydallying, waiting for later. Likely no adhering to set procedures. Just burn the damn evidence. So that no one high up in the PPP Government gets burned. I like the symmetry and the delicacy. Question: is another Guyanese public servant taking the fall for the machinations of political masters? Recall the US$214 million Exxon audit that was reduced to nothing.^[3]

Fifth fact and circumstances: getting rid of incriminating records is the norm in America. The Mafia does it. Wall Street does it. Corporate giants do it. Essentially, Guyana’s PPP just took a chapter out of America’s book on self-protection.

Sincerely,
GHK Lall

References

Police intelligence chief burnt records about interaction between Mohameds, US Federal agent — demerarawaves.com ↩
Police intelligence chief burnt records about interaction between Mohameds, US Federal agent – Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana — demerarawaves.com ↩
Five years later Govt. still to settle US$214M audit dispute with Exxon - Kaieteur News — kaieteurnewsonline.com ↩

report on papers related to the interaction between Azruddin and Nazar Mohamed and a U.S. Federal agent being burnt

Demerara Waves

Police intelligence chief burnt records about interaction between Mohameds, US Federal agent – Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana

demerarawaves.com · 2026-09-10

# Police intelligence chief burnt records about interaction between Mohameds, US Federal agent – Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana Published: 2026-09-10T12:19:07-04:00 Source: demerarawaves.com (demerarawaves.com) Language: en ## Story Police intelligence chief burnt records about interaction between Mohameds, US Federal agent – Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana # Police intelligence chief burnt records about interaction between Mohameds, US Federal agent by Written By Denis Chabrol Thursday, 10 September 2026, 12:19 Attorney General Anil Nandlall meeting with a Senior Inspector at the United States Marshals Service Sandy Rao, and Regional Security Officer at the U.S. Embassy, Timothy Semons. Last Updated on Thursday, 10 September 2026, 12:19 by Written By Denis Chabrol Attorney General Anil Nandlall meeting with a Senior Inspector at the United States Marshals Service Sandy Rao, and Regional Security Officer at the U.S. Embassy, Timothy Semons in July, 2025. The Head of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) chief intelligence agent on Thursday said he shredded and burnt records containing information that a United States (US) Marshal had spoken with wanted Guyanese businessmen Azruddin and Nazar Mohamed after they were arrested on October 31, 2025. Senior Superintendent Prem Narine denied suggestions by defence lawyer, Siand Dhurjon that the documents in a separate book of his were the actual operational records of what took place on the date of the arrest. He said he shredded the books with a machine and burnt them in January 2026 at the Special Branch headquarters. “Well, I will put that to you that you’ve shredded and burnt the true operational record of what you did that day, which used to be in existence,” said Mr Dhurjon. In response, Mr Narine said, “No, I I don’t agree with that.” When quizzed about whether there was a standing order or any other written document that requires the destruction of documents, Mr Narine justified his decision, saying that he was obliged to destroy any record the he considers secret. “Anything I consider that is a secret and should be destroyed, I do that….And for it to remain that way, I destroy it,” he said. He said that was because he was a signatory to the Official Secrets Act but eventually said he would need legal advice on whether he referred to a law or private police document. “I would have to get some legal advice on how to answer that. I’m not sure. I don’t know if I’m allowed to answer that,” said Mr Narine. Prosecutor McKenzie told the court that he was unsure what his witness was talking about. Chief Magistrate Judy Latchman remarked that the Head of Special Branch could not be a signatory to a law. In court on Thursday also, the head of the Special Branch confirmed that he permitted US Marshall Sandy Rao to have a private discussion with the Mohameds and that was held in full view of him (Narine) “but out of hearing”. However, he said that was not included in the Brickdam Police Station station diary. Mr Narine said he was unaware of what was discussed between that US Federal agent and the Mohameds who are wanted by the US to face trial in a Florida Federal Court for alleged wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. The U.S. Marshals Service is the lead federal law enforcement agency and subject matter expert in fugitives and extradition matters in the US. Earlier Thursday, in order to argue the point of political persecution of the Mohameds to get them extradited, the defence said the elder Mohamed is a financier of his son’s We Invest in Nationhood (WIN). Prosecutor Glenn Hanoman once again expressed grave concern about apparent repeated attempts to delay the extradition hearing as far as possible.

US$214 million Exxon audit

Five years later Govt. still to settle US$214M audit dispute with Exxon - Kaieteur News

kaieteurnewsonline.com · 2026-05-05

Five years later Govt. still to settle US$214M audit dispute with Exxon - Kaieteur News ... ## Five years later Govt. still to settle US$214M audit dispute with Exxon May 05, 2026 News ### …no agreement on sole expert ... (Kaieteur News) – Five years after it received an audit report flagging the blatant misuse of US$214M in Guyana’s oil money by ExxonMobil, the Government of Guyana (GoG) is yet to push the process forward for the company to return the nation’s profits. ... On Monday, Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat told Kaieteur News that the sole expert to settle the audit dispute is still not appointed. In response to a question on whether the appointment was done, Bharrat said, “Not yet. The GRA (Guyana Revenue Authority) is working on it with Exxon.” ... He did not state whether an agreement has been reached on a candidate to settle the dispute. The US$1.6B audit of Exxon for the period 1999-2017 was conducted by a British consultant, IHS-Markit. The audit report was completed and handed over to the GoG since March 2021. The consultant advised that “GoG has reasonable grounds to dispute $214.4 million plus overhead adjustments of the costs currently included by EEPGL (now EMGL) in the Cost Bank. This amount represents 12.8% of the cumulative cost recovery balance as of Q4 2017 Statement.” ... Following the submission of that report, the flagged sum was reduced to a meager US$3 million by the Ministry of Natural Resources, Petroleum Department. The Government however later announced that it would stand by the findings of the report, to the dismay of the contractor. ... Consequently, the sole expert process has been invoked to settle the dispute between the parties. Should the sole expert determine that the costs were inaccurately added to the cost bank, Exxon will be required to credit the sum. The amount will be split evenly between the two parties- US$107.2M to each. ... While the first audit drags on, two other audits of the company still remain to be concluded as well. The second audit, for the period 2018 to 2020 was conducted by VHE consulting. The local audit team found that another US$65 million of the US$7.2 billion in expenses was incorrectly charged to Guyana. ... Questions still remain on whether the full report was published by the GoG for the US$7.2B audit. Meanwhile Exxon’s third and largest audit, on record to date, amounts to a whopping US$19.6B. It was conducted by the same local group, VHE. Although Government received that report since May 2025, it has refused to make the document public. The administration is also not inclined to highlight the disputed costs flagged by the auditors.

Burning of records by intelligence chief raises serious concerns — GHK Lall — Opinion