BRITAIN SUSPENDS TURKS & CAICOS AUTONOMY AFTER CORRUPTION REPORT
March 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN has suspended the constitution of its tropical dependent territory the Turks & Caicos Islands, after an inquiry concluded its autonomous government was corrupt. The London-appointed governor Governor Gordon Wetherell will assume government responsibilities for two years. He said the probe had provided evidence "in abundance pointing to a high probability of systemic corruption or other serious dishonesty." The 22,900 population archipelago's former premier Michael Misick had been paid US$288,000 annually in wages and ...
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