Premier Meade Responds to Residents’ Concerns Over Upcoming Prisoner Transfer

Premier the Honourable Reuben T Meade has responded to concerns on the transfer of a prisoner from Diego Garcia to be housed at His Majesty’s Prison here.

According to The Times newspaper in the United Kingdom, the prisoner - a convicted paedophile on the island of Diego Garcia - will serve out his sentence in Montserrat as part of prime minister Sir Keir Starmer's deal with Mauritius to "surrender" the Chagos Islands.

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