Opposition Senator, Arley Gill have accused the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) of trying to intimidate members of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) by following and photographing several members allegedly on orders of the Keith Mitchell-led government.

Gill accused the ruling New National Party (NNP) administration Monday of spying on NDC parliamentarians and threatened to sue a Cabinet member for linking an opposition official to a U.S. fraud case.

He said that several NDC parliamentarians have reported being followed and photographed by members of the police force. Sen. Gill also accused the Mitchell government of investigating the bank accounts of opposition members but did not offer any evidence.

''We are aware that they are investigating our bank accounts, and officers . . . of the police force are following our senior executive members and are photographing them when they are at social settings,'' Gill said. The NNP has denied knowledge of the claims through its official Public Relations Officer (PRO), Terrence Forrester.
''The New National Party is totally unaware as to the claims that Sen. Arley Gill is making,'' said Forrester.

"Naturally, if he (Gill) has evidence that can support the claims that he is making, certainly we would like for him to bring them forward", he added. Head of the Special Branch of RGPF, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Anthony De Gale, also denied knowledge of the accusations made against his colleagues.

Sen. Gill also said that NDC has sent a letter to National Security Minister, Senator Einstein Louison demanding an apology and unspecified financial compensation for linking an opposition parliamentarian with a real-estate fraud case in the United States.

Last month, Sen. Louison called a news conference to announce that a senior opposition legislator was facing fraud charges in the United States and that the U.S. State Department was investigating the official, whom he didn't name. The U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados, later denied involvement in an investigation, prompting the government to retract its statement.

Louison has 14 days to respond to the letter or will face a defamation suit, Gill said. Louison wasn't immediately available for comment.