Reese removed - National security permanent secretary burnt over Armadale

Gary Spaulding, Senior Gleaner Writer

Richard Reese, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of National Security, has been removed from that position in a surprising twist in the Armadale fallout.

It is understood that the directive to remove Reese was dispatched late last week.

Government sources confirmed a
Sunday Gleaner
probe that Reese is the latest casualty in the raging controversy over the damning report into the fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre for girls on May 22, 2009.