Min­is­ter of Jus­tice De­vesh Ma­haraj has dis­missed so­cial me­dia claims that a close rel­a­tive in the le­gal fra­ter­ni­ty is in pos­ses­sion of a diplo­mat­ic pass­port.

Re­spond­ing to ques­tions from Guardian Me­dia on the al­le­ga­tions yes­ter­day, Ma­haraj cat­e­gor­i­cal­ly de­nied the al­le­ga­tion, re­ply­ing sim­ply, “Un­true.”

The al­le­ga­tion had sur­faced on so­cial me­dia in the day, amid height­ened pub­lic scruti­ny over the Gov­ern­ment’s on­go­ing re­view of diplo­mat­ic pass­ports.