Attorney Randall Hector, a lawyer who did legal work for the Strategic Services Agency (SSA), an elite unit within the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, has been murdered.
Hector, 43, was walking to his car at Stanmore Avenue, Port of Spain when he was shot.
He died at hospital.
In 2023, there were 577 known homicides in T&T.
In 2024, there has now been at least 625.
Earlier this year, the Court of Appeal reserved judgment in the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) appeal over a request by political activist Ravi Balgobin Maharaj for information on wiretapping by the agency.
Appellate Judges heard legal arguments yesterday from SSA attorney, former head of the SSA legal department Randall Hector, and Maharaj’s legal team led by Anand Ramlogan, SC.
In 2017, Maharaj requested disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act regarding the number of interceptions of citizens’ private communication were conducted by the SSA without warrants from a judge.
He also asked for the number of international training courses the staff attended.
The SSA refused to provide the information on the grounds that it would breach national security.
Maharaj brought judicial review proceedings challenging the SSA’s failure to disclose the information under his FOIA request.
The SSA appealed.
Hector argued that the SSA could not disclose the information, as it was bound by a strict code of secrecy and confidentiality.
