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Page 217 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 Circumstances Surrounding the Reimbursement of Overseas Travel Expenses to Dr. Perceval Bahado-Singh The Director of Investigation (DI) received an allegation concerning the reimbursement of funds by Petrojam Limited to the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Petrojam Limited, Dr. Perceval Bahado-Singh, for certain overseas travel expenses. The following allegations were made: “ Chairman’s airline ticket- The chairman Perceval Bahado-Singh in February 2018 was allowed to purchase his own airline ticket to attend a board meeting in London, which he did not attend . The ticket purchased in the amount of some US$8,000.00, approximately JMD$1 million was a breach of government procurement procedure. The procedure dictates that all such purchases must be made through the government system and payment made directly to the airline or through a travel agency. Furthermore Dr. Bahado- Singh chose not to attend the meeting, giving the excuse that that the weather conditions were not conducive to travel. Despite his non-attendance at the meeting, he was still paid a per diem. The cost for the airline ticket was refunded to him even though he did not attend the meeting. He repaid the money to PetroJam, in the week of June 6, 2018 after the matter was made public . Dr. Bahado- Singh is a very close friend of Minister Wheatley, who studied with him at university and now lives in the United States. He