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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Hardley Lewin denies wife told him of ' Dudus ' extradition ( Gleaner )...</span>
Former Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin today rejected an assertion by JLP lawyer Frank Phipps that he was told by his wife about the impending extradition request for alleged Jamaican gangster Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. Admiral Lewin was undergoing cross examination on his second appearance at the enquiry probing the hiring of US law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips to block Coke's extradition. The Rear Admiral's wife works in the narcotics division of the US Embassy in Kingston. Lewin was insistent that he would not disclose the name of the source of his tip only saying that it came from the United States law enforcement. However, he denied upon cross examination that the information came from the narcotics affairs division of the US embassy. He received the tip on August 24, 2009 a day before the request was received. There were heated and sometimes humorous exchanges in the enquiry today. While being cross examined by Phipps, Lewin admitted that he had knowledge about one of the Secret Memoranda of Understanding from as far back as 2004. However when asked to read the contents of a memorandum aloud the former commissioner declined saying he did not want to participate in the publication of the classified document. Commission chairman Emil George later ordered that Admiral Lewin read the MOU, but gave him permission to exclude the names of the individuals or parties mentioned in the document. Lewin then complied with the Commission chairman's order. On the issue of the telephone intercepts Lewin emphasised that as far as he knew all intercepts were done in accordance with Jamaican law. But Phipps pointed out that the MOUs did not make mention of the Interception of Communication Act.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Hardley Lewin denies wife told him of ' Dudus ' extradition ( Gleaner )...</span>
Former Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin today rejected an assertion by JLP lawyer Frank Phipps that he was told by his wife about the impending extradition request for alleged Jamaican gangster Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. Admiral Lewin was undergoing cross examination on his second appearance at the enquiry probing the hiring of US law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips to block Coke's extradition. The Rear Admiral's wife works in the narcotics division of the US Embassy in Kingston. Lewin was insistent that he would not disclose the name of the source of his tip only saying that it came from the United States law enforcement. However, he denied upon cross examination that the information came from the narcotics affairs division of the US embassy. He received the tip on August 24, 2009 a day before the request was received. There were heated and sometimes humorous exchanges in the enquiry today. While being cross examined by Phipps, Lewin admitted that he had knowledge about one of the Secret Memoranda of Understanding from as far back as 2004. However when asked to read the contents of a memorandum aloud the former commissioner declined saying he did not want to participate in the publication of the classified document. Commission chairman Emil George later ordered that Admiral Lewin read the MOU, but gave him permission to exclude the names of the individuals or parties mentioned in the document. Lewin then complied with the Commission chairman's order. On the issue of the telephone intercepts Lewin emphasised that as far as he knew all intercepts were done in accordance with Jamaican law. But Phipps pointed out that the MOUs did not make mention of the Interception of Communication Act.