Well, today, we confirmed that Khan was completely cleared of all charges in relation to that case, and at this time, he is trying to clear his name.

The prosecution called 6 witnesses in the case yesterday and none of them could explain how Khan allegedly escaped from their custody. After hearing all the evidence, the Magistrate discharged him from the charge of escape.

Just before news time tonight, he came to our studios to explain personally his version of events. He said that in March of last year, 2 off-duty police officers came to his business place in the Corozal Free Zone, where they explained that there was a bench warrant in Orange Walk for an outstanding debt that he owed. He said that the officers never actually took him officially into custody. He said that he complied with their request where he was taken to a conference hall-type area in the police station for several hours. According to Khan, he made arrangements for that debt that he owed to be paid in full, and on March 4, 2 police officers took him from Orange Walk to Corozal to explain the origin of properties that they were investigating, but they never properly explained to Orange Walk Police that they took over his custody.

After he complied with the other officers who took him to Corozal, they released him and told him to go home.

Khan continued that when police came arresting him for escape, he was unfairly treated because police put intelligence forward that he was supposedly a Pakistani national who was a flight risk. That's caused the court to deny him bail. He explains that he has been a Belizean for 10 years by naturalization and the way it works is that he had to give up his Pakistani nationality to do so. He is only a Belizean, and an honest businessman, he claims, and he would like for the police department to cease harassing him and giving him a bad name. He told us that he is in the process of trying to rebuild his reputation, and he would like to put this entire bad experience behind him.