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<B>Legal fight against Gokhool reform goes on</B>
One of the two parents that took the Gokhool reform to court has withdrawn his case. But the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), which supported the action and whose legal team helped to prepare the two cases, is still confident that it will be able to fight the counter-reform. The legal action was based on two statements by two parents. The other one, the Thandrayen family,is continuing the fight. Hence, the withdrawal of Sooriadev Bhayraw should not have much effect. The reasons for his withdrawal are controversial. While he is believed to have been under pressure – mainly from the Voice of Hindu, of which he is a member – he himself says the case has taken on too much of a political colour.
<B>‘Little’ Caudan to grow</B>
The Caudan Waterfront is being extended. The idea of a second stage of the shopping and business centre dates back six years but it has been prevented by traffic jam problems so far. Promoters have now agreed to contribute to the Road Development Fund to reduce traffic jams in the capital. A new seven-floor building will be put up on the parking ground near the casino as from July. The new building will include a shopping precinct and a business area as well as 70 high-class duty-free shops to attract more tourists, inspired by shopping malls in Dubai. The new shopping area will open in December 2007.
Sunday Vani closed down…</B>
The editor-in-chief of Sunday Vani has accused the government of destroying his newspaper. The last edition was published last week. According to the editor, Harish Boodhoo, he was forced to take this decision because the government had prevented all public institutions from sending advertisements to his newspaper. Sunday Vani could not survive without this revenue and has had to close down. However, he has warned the PM that he will sue him for giving such instructions. “How can this happen in a democratic country?” wonders Harish Boodhoo.
<B>Controversy over Khalid’s death</B>
Khalid Mahamood’s family are still in shock. They do not only have to face his death but also police suspicions that alcohol abuse may have been its cause. For Florina Cathan, his wife, such a theory is farfetched: “He was really sick”. Khalid Mahamood often had epileptic fits. As he was not feeling well on Friday in Rose-Hill, he went to Brown Sequard hospital when he had been treated in the past. But the staff told him to go to Jeetoo hospital. He waited for the ambulance but, as it never came, he went to Albion where his body was found on Saturday morning.
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