Benchop questioned by the police over OP information on website

Georgetown – The police are investigating the larceny of four flash drives/memory sticks valued $22,000.00 with vital documents from the Secretariat of the Permanent Secretary, Office of the President, on February 4th, 2011.

According to a police press statement, on February 3rd, 2011, a female employee who was attached to the Secretariat of the Permanent Secretary was informed by letter that she was transferred to another department and that she was no longer allowed to enter the Secretariat. However, at about 7 am on the following day February 4th, 2011, she went to the guard room and uplifted the keys to the Secretariat from the guard who unwittingly gave it to her. She was subsequently observed entering the Secretariat by a number of other employees and members of the Presidential Guard and left at about 7:45am. The worker has not been seen again since.

Checks made later revealed that the four flash drives with the documents were missing and that information had been deleted from the computers in the office.   

Some of the documents have been surfacing on a particular website, guyanaobservernews.org, and the police have been interviewing persons concerned with the production of the website. Mark Benschop was yesterday contacted by the police and has denied ownership of the website and knowledge of articles posted on the website.