De­fence Min­is­ter Wayne Sturge in­voked the 2014 mur­der of Se­nior Coun­sel Dana See­ta­hal dur­ing de­bate on the ex­ten­sion of the State of Emer­gency, ar­gu­ing that au­thor­i­ties failed to act de­ci­sive­ly de­spite in­tel­li­gence sug­gest­ing her life was un­der threat.

Speak­ing in the Par­lia­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go on Fri­day, Sturge claimed law en­force­ment at the time re­lied on sur­veil­lance rather than tak­ing pre­ven­ta­tive ac­tion.

“Dana See­ta­hal al­so knew she was go­ing to get killed,” Sturge said. “They lis­tened and they lis­tened and they lis­tened, and now she’s not here.”