So, will the police act on it? In the last case of explosive reports on the Immigration Department from the Auditor General, the previous Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie said he was waiting for the auditor general to send the reports to him before commencing a criminal investigation - clearly a recipe for inaction.
Today, Commissioner Chester Williams said he has the reports and sees quote, "some degree of criminal implication" end quote. Here's what he told us this evening:
Chester Williams, Commissioner Of Police
"I listened attentively to the prime minister's presentation and as the commissioner of police, I do have a responsibility to the people to ensure that whenever there is any matter of a criminal nature that the police do investigate. I have had a discussion with the auditor general. I'll be getting a copy of the report on Monday. I have already tasked a senior investigator, and that senior investigator will be the one to carry through that investigation. We're going to put together the relevant evidence and then we'll send it to the Director of Public Prosecution for her determination."
"I have received an electronic copy of it and I've gone through it briefly and I've seen for myself some degree of criminal implication on the part of certain persons and so, we will ensure that our investigation is centered around those persons who and so we will ensure that our investigation is centered around those persons who are implicated in the auditor general's report as having committed some criminal act and once we have put together our file then it will go to the DPP for her further guidance."
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