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Land Grab Against Gaynair?
posted (August 15, 2013)
Ian Gaynair is the star member of the Belize's National Team, Jaguars, who scored Belize's only goal in the Gold Cup. He is also 1 of 2 members who has been honored locally and internationally for turning down money from a match fixer. Tonight, however, he's back in the news because a parcel of land which he has claims to was taken away from him. Gaynair was granted lease approval for lot number 9236 on Holy Emmanuel Street near the Gungulung Area of Lake Independence.

He's invested to develop the piece of land, and June of this year, he discovered that he no longer has any claims to it.

That's because it was given to another someone else, who now has title to this piece of land. Gaynair went to renew his driver's license in June, which he couldn't do because he had outstanding property taxes. So, when he attempted to pay for the taxes in relation to this piece of land, he was informed that it no longer belongs to him.

7News understands that he hasn't paid property taxes for the land. We contacted him for comment, which he declined. Gaynair works for the Vital Statistics Unit, a Government department.

And if you're wondering if his area representative, Mark King, had any connection to it, he sent out a release this evening categorically denying having anything to do with Gaynair's loss.

In a statement this evening, he said that the lease was revoked due to unpaid taxes, non-development and, breaches of lease.

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