Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der has de­fend­ed the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice’s de­ten­tion of Blue Wa­ters own­er Do­minic Hadeed, his wife Genevieve Hadeed and her aunt Star Sab­ga, say­ing in­tel­li­gence and not po­lit­i­cal mo­tive led to the is­suance of Pre­ven­ta­tive De­ten­tion Or­ders for the trio.

For­mer Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force com­man­der Nor­man Din­di­al is call­ing on the State to ei­ther for­mal­ly charge busi­ness­man Do­minic Hadeed, his wife Genevieve Hadeed and rel­a­tive Star Sab­ga over al­le­ga­tions of a con­spir­a­cy to as­sas­si­nate se­nior mem­bers of the Gov­ern­ment, in­clud­ing Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar, or re­lease them.

For­mer po­lice com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith says he is con­cerned that the de­ten­tion of busi­ness­man Do­minic Hadeed, his wife Genevieve and their rel­a­tive Star Sab­ga will set a prece­dent where po­lice can de­tain some­one with­out just cause, while abus­ing cer­tain emer­gency pow­ers to spite oth­ers.

The High Court chal­lenge over the de­ten­tion of busi­ness­man Do­minic Hadeed, his wife Genevieve and rel­a­tive Star Sab­ga is shin­ing a spot­light on one of the most ex­tra­or­di­nary pow­ers avail­able to po­lice dur­ing a State of Emer­gency—the abil­i­ty to de­tain peo­ple with­out charge.