Tag: Operation Tempura
CoP blocked ICO probe into Tempura report
(CNS): The acting information commissioner has once again ordered a redacted release of the infamous Tempura report after reviewing the objections of the governor’s office, which has refused to release the documents for four years. In his latest ruling Jan Liebaers revealed further twists and turns by the authorities, including a U-turn by the police commissioner […]
Info boss warns PA’s not to hide behind confidentiality clauses
(CNS): The information commissioner was forced to uphold the legal department’s refusal to release the amount of public money it spent to pay off three senior police officers in the fallout of Operation Tempura because of a court order. But in his latest appeal ruling Jan Liebaers urges public authorities not to hide information behind such […]
Bridger still not quizzed in latest Tempura probe
(CNS): The former lead investigator in the ill-fated Operation Tempura internal police corruption enquiry has still not been interviewed in connection with the latest fallout. Martin Bridger is alleged to be the subject of a related criminal complaint in the ongoing saga but the former Scotland Yard officer has not been approached by the RCIPS […]
Ex-top cop drops suit against Tempura boss
(CNS): The former RCIPS police commissioner, Stuart Kernohan, who recently settled his wrongful dismissal claim against the Cayman government out of court for an undisclosed but at least six figure sum, has dropped his related legal action against Martin Bridger, the former boss of the now notorious internal police probe, known as Operation Tempura.
Secret police probe blocks Tempura report release
(CNS): The Information Commissioner’s Office has been asked to once again re-assess a decision that a controversial report regarding a complaint about the internal police investigation, Operation Tempura, be released to the public. In the latest round in the ongoing legal fight by the governor’s office to keep this document secret, a judge has ruled that, […]
Governor’s legal fight ‘desperate’ says QC
(CNS): The legal team representing the governor’s office in the latest courtroom battle over the release of a secret document relating to the infamous Operation Tempura enquiry were accused Wednesday of “desperation” by the QC representing the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The office has ordered the release of the report under the freedom of information […]
More secrets emerge from Tempura court challenge
(CNS): As the governor’s office went into legal battle again on Tuesday to keep the controversial report on a complaint regarding the internal police probe, Operation Tempura, under wraps, it emerged that a criminal investigation connected to the issue is ongoing, more than six years after Martin Bridger, the senior investigating officer, was booted off […]
Secret Tempura report returns to courts
(CNS): The secret report relating to the ever-controversial and still unresolved undercover internal police probe, Operation Tempura, will be back in the courts this week. Under yet another judicial review after the governor’s office refused to release the report, which documents a complaint made by the senior investigating officer on the probe, Martin Bridger, a […]
Syed says he was governor’s office spy
(CNS): The former president of the local university has claimed that between April 2003 and September 2008 he was undertaking “sensitive investigations” on behalf of the governor’s office into corruption among public officials in the Cayman Islands. Hassan Syed states that he also helped broker a deal with the former police commissioner, Stuart Kernohan, and the […]
OT’s security advisor may be moonlighting
(CNS): The man employed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as its security advisor for the overseas territories also has his own private security company, which he appears to run from his home in Palmetto Bay, Florida, presenting a serious, potential conflict of interest.
