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THREE weeks after Housing Minister David Lee was rearrested and charged with conspiring to defraud the state of $1.4 million in motor vehicle taxes and misbehaviour in public office, an indictment is yet to be filed by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Lee, who is also Caroni Central MP, and firearms dealer Hugh Leong Poi, were rearrested on October 7, months after a magistrate dismissed fraud charges against them involving alleged abuse of a tax exemption for parliamentarians on a luxury vehicle.

A media release from the police confirmed that judicial warrants (judge’s warrants) were executed on October 7 against both men following instructions from DPP Roger Gaspard, SC.