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Page 81 of 215 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 director or as an assistant to former energy minister Dr Andrew Wheatley . ” 55 (DI Emphasis) Further details regarding the aforementioned donation were represented in a Jamaica Gleaner article dated May 21, 2019 and entitled “$ 9M Money Trail - Sydenham Executive Demands Answers; President Says They Knew Of Controversial Petrojam Donation ”. The referenced article stated, inter alia , as follows: “ Five weeks after a controversial $9-million donation from Petrojam hit the bank account of the Sydenham Citizens’ Association, nearly all the cash was removed in nine withdrawals of $900,000 each, a Gleaner investigation has revealed. … A review of the Sydenham Citizens’ Association account held at a leading commercial bank revealed that the sponsorship by the state-owned oil refinery of $9,000,381.50 was deposited on July 17, 2017. This was 12 days after an email requesting the donation on behalf of the association was forwarded to then Petrojam general manager, Floyd Grindley, by Lionel Myrie, a director of the refinery’s parent company, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, according to a performance audit conducted by the Auditor General’s Department. The association’s bank book has revealed that the withdrawals started 17 days after the funds were deposited 55 Jamaica Gleaner article dated May 14, 2019 and entitled “ PCJ Director Lionel Myrie Linked To Second $Multimillion Petrojam Donation ”. Accessed on May 24, 2019 at http://jamaica- gleaner.com/article/news/20190514/pcj-director-lionel-myrie-linked-second-multimillion-petrojam-donation.