Court of Appeal rejects request for an inquiry in respect of the Harbour group of companies Sint Maarten, Public Prosecutor’s Office explores options for cassation. | SMN NEWS

PHILIPSBURG:— On Friday 11 December 2020, the Joint Court of Justice (the Court) rejected the request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office to institute an inquiry on the corporate policy pursued by the Sint Maarten Harbour Group (the Port).

In 2016, the Public Prosecutor’s Office started a preliminary investigation in response to repeated signals from the community of serious malpractices and mismanagement within the Port. Based on the results, the Public Prosecutor’s Office submitted a request for an investigation on 1 September 2017, a so-called civil inquiry (civiele enquête).

According to the Court, at an earlier stage of the proceedings, there ...

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