Premier Fahie blasts 'malicious' news article on medical marijuana industry
The article was carried on the Facebook media page, 'AUB Media House' on Wednesday, January, 22, 2020, “MARIJUANA PLOT EXPOSED; BVI BEWARE”.
The article citing another article published by Offshore Alert on January 22, 2020, pointed to investment fraud by British nationals with one controlling a VI entity, and attempted to link the VI's medical marijuana industry to the activities of the fraudulent investors although the two were not connected.
According to the Premier, "The AUB article is an absolute falsehood as it tries, shamelessly and unsuccessfully, to link the BVI Government’s initiatives to establish a medicinal cannabis industry in the Territory with a totally unrelated report in a foreign news website."
The Premier said the objective of the fabrication was to create a sensational story with the aims of attracting readers and to create and incite unease among the VI’s population regarding the new booming industry.
'Gross Dishonesty' - Premier Fahie
"The private activities of individuals and companies in the Virgin Islands, and certainly elsewhere in the world, is independent to the Government of the Virgin Islands," he noted.
The Premier said to link the VI Government’s policy direction and attempting to make it seem like what the Territory is doing is in some way connected to the possible activities of private individuals, "is gross dishonesty, professional misconduct and malicious, political mischief."
He said the government is not afraid of scrutiny; however, encouraged the media to rigorously hold them to account according to professional standards and based on truth.
The Premier affirmed that Government will 'get to the bottom' of the fabrication and expose those behind the malicious act.
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20 Responses to “Premier Fahie blasts 'malicious' news article on medical marijuana industry”
That b***s woman is a public enemy of the BVI. Sensational and unnecessary false reporting over protecting BVI is a no no. Revoke her trade license now.
BVI people what is it ayo got buddy?
Or he did not read but followed the noise and his noise makers
Or his advisors misled him
IOr that he doth protest a bit much hmmmm
The OffshoreAlert article was about an investment fraud being perpetrated by British serial fraudsters who are mainly based in the United Kingdom, Spain, and Gibraltar. There is a BVI connection only in that at least one of them evidently controls a BVI company that is among the many legal entities in several jurisdictions that are involved in the scam.
The Hon Premier has been known to deny accusations even when the evidence clearly demonstrates otherwise.
The Premier is doing overkill in his protest .