A High Court judge has ordered the Commissioner of Police to clarify whether businessman Dominic Hadeed and his wife, Genevieve Hadeed, are being detained under a Preventive Detention Order (PDO), after an urgent habeas corpus application challenged the legality of their continued detention.

Justice Frank Seepersad made the order after considering an ex parte application filed early yesterday morning by Senior Counsel Faris Al-Rawi on behalf of the couple.

Rather than immediately granting the writ of habeas corpus, the judge directed that the application, supporting affidavit and certificate of urgency be served on the Commissioner of Police by 4 p.m. yesterday and fixed the matter for a virtual hearing at 9 a.m. on Monday.