FCC gets five new ways to crack open bank secrecy
The Financial Crimes Commission is about to get five new powers that let it walk past banking secrecy. Under measures tucked into the budget, a customer's financial records could be used as evidence in court without a single bank employee having to take the stand.
For investigators chasing dirty money, that removes a familiar roadblock, for bankers it quietly redraws the line on what stays private. Records that once needed a live witness to reach a courtroom can now speak for themselves, and the watchdog will not have to ask a manager's permission first.
Minister says private beachfront signs break the law
Spotted a sign telling you the strip of sand in front of a villa is private? Ignore it. Minister of Housing and Lands Shakeel Mohamed says those notices are illegal and has told the people who put them up to take them down.
A lease over coastal land does not let anyone fence off the shore. Under the Pas Geometriques Act and a 2008 Supreme Court ruling, the beach is public: walk it, sit on it, swim or picnic, free of charge.
Petit-Raffray killing: CCTV shows the suspect police still seek
Seven days after Soobhawtee Juggessur, a 62-year-old widow, was killed in her home at Petit-Raffray, police have released CCTV footage of the man they want. He had posed as a seed seller, his face covered, and she let him in.
No arrest has been made. Her son Sanju, home from Ireland, has asked the public for any help in finding him.
Pension backlash may cost Ashok Prayag a top SBM post
Ashok Prayag chaired the committee behind the means test, the budget plan to trim some pensions that the government froze after public fury. A bloc of government MPs now wants him punished for the embarrassment.
Their target is his promised vice presidency at SBM Holdings. The actuary drew up a sensitive reform; he may pay for it with a boardroom seat.
Shorts
Maternity leave: watchdog warns bosses – The Equal Opportunities Commission says punishing women over the new longer maternity leave breaks the law.
Gunness trial: defence wants another round – Lawyers for Minister Ajay Gunness are pressing for a fresh grilling of the lead investigator.
Two held over Metro Express cable theft – Police have arrested two men over a copper cable theft at the Metro Express depot in Petite-Riviere.
Patient attacks officer at Rose-Belle ER – A policeman was assaulted by a patient during a scuffle in the Rose-Belle hospital A&E.
Chagos treaty still on, UK says – Britain's Attorney General hopes to sign the Chagos sovereignty treaty soon, even after Starmer's exit.
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