For­mer prime min­is­ter and Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty min­is­ter Stu­art Young is call­ing for a full in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the diplo­mat­ic in­ci­dent in­volv­ing Dr Kei­th Row­ley, who was twice de­tained ear­li­er this month while trav­el­ling on his T&T diplo­mat­ic pass­port.

Row­ley, al­so a for­mer prime min­is­ter, was tem­porar­i­ly held at An­tigua’s VC Bird In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port while tran­sit­ing to and from Montser­rat. The cir­cum­stances re­main un­clear, prompt­ing pub­lic con­cern and spec­u­la­tion.

In a state­ment post­ed on Face­book yes­ter­day morn­ing, Young de­scribed the in­ci­dent as deeply trou­bling and said it points to “the un­prece­dent­ed tar­get­ing of high of­fice hold­ers.”