PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 8, CMC – A High Court Wednesday granted Housing Minister Dr. David Lee bail in the sum of one million dollars (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) less than 24 hours after he was arrested by police on charges relating to tax exemption for parliamentarians on a luxury vehicle.
Businessman Hugh Leong Poi, who was also arrested with Lee, was also granted TT$600,000 bail.
The two men appared before Master Lisa Singh-Phillip where the minister was granted bail with one surety, while Leong Poi was granted bail with his named surety approved by the court.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad says she remains confident that the courts will “deliver a just result” with respect to Lee, who along with the businessman, had been taken into custody by police on Tuesday.
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