00:00Following an exclusive CCN investigation into allegations that Swimcall CEO Ria Ramdeen cursed contractors into making donations to a specific private company, she was summoned to the Ministry of Public Utilities to provide an explanation.
00:14The private company in question to which checks totaled in thousands of dollars were made out by contractors was Cross Country Food Traders Limited.
00:21These checks were allegedly submitted as voucher payments from Swimcall to Cross Country Food Traders Limited.
00:27Several sources informed TV6 that on Tuesday morning last, Ramdeen along with the Chairman of Swimcall Board, Dioraj Mahese, met with officials at the Ministry of Public Utilities.
00:37Sources and officials at the Ministry of Public Utilities requested that Ramdeen provide a written explanation addressing the allegations outlined in a CCN report carried both on last Sunday's Express and on TV6 this Monday within a specified time frame.
00:52However, sources told TV6 that Ramdeen subsequently requested an extension to submit a response.
00:58TV6 reached out to Ramdeen on Tuesday night via WhatsApp about the meeting that took place earlier that day, but she refused to respond to the question related to the meeting.
01:07Attempts to reach Mahese for comment via cell phone and email were futile.
01:11Last week, Public Utilities Minister Barry Padarath had told the Sunday Express that matters surrounding Ramdeen was being given the attention of the Permanent Secretary of his Ministry along with its legal department and the Board of Swimcall.
01:23It is alleged that Ramdeen closed contractors operating at landfill sites across the country to make donations beginning in late 2022 during her tenure as CEO and continuing for a period while she also served as Corporate Secretary between September 2023 and July 2025.
01:41Mark Basant, TV6 News.
Comments