National Integrity Action (NIA) has joined the call for the Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) and the Integrity Commission to probe alleged impropriety in the issuing of gun permits by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA).
There have been claims and counterclaims by the present CEO of the FLA, Shane Dalling, and former deputy chairman of the entity, Dennis Meadows, that licences were granted under suspicious circumstances and in some cases to persons with criminal backgrounds.
NIA says it supports the call by Jamaicans for Justice for investigation of who received the permits and that FLA officials involved must be prosecuted for any breach of law.
The NIA also wants the attorney general to seek to have the courts sanction FLA officials for breaches of the Public Bodies Management and Accountability Act.
It says the FLA has been in breach of that Act as well as the Firearms Act for the last four years, for its failure to submit annual reports of its activities and accounts to Parliament.
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