Two senior officers from the Nationality Section of the Immigration Department are now under scrutiny. 7News has confirmed that Gordon Wade who heads the records section and Ady Pacheco who is his second in charge are being asked to answer specific questions regarding missing files. Minister Godwin Hulse confirmed to us that Director Maria Marin has written to both senior officers asking certain questions about missing files. They have a specific time to answer and if their answers are not satisfactory, they could also be recommended for termination.
Wade is considered to be a key figure in many activities at the department, and his second, Ady Pacheco is also very prominent. Apart from being a relative of a cabinet minister, she also formerly enjoyed a high level of trust with the minister as she was selected as the go-between to shuttle between the minister and the department before the whole scandal exploded.
Hulse told us "there are a myriad of questions" they need to answer and IN HIS WORDS, "I don't know" answers won't cut it.
So far, three officers from the passport section have been recommended for termination. Hulse explained that is because at least two of them who do data entry cannot explain how it is that they took a passport picture of a man who was in a Taiwanese jail. That man, of course, is Won Hong Kim, who Minister of State Penner described as a friend and a businessman he wanted to assist.
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