Sunday 9 October 2011
Whilst we await the investigations into the propriety of his actions, the other questions surrounding the defence secretary’s relations with the regime in Sri Lanka, questions asked a long time ago but never properly answered, deepen with the multiple appearances at his side of his friend/erstwhile adviser/business partner in meetings with members of the Sri Lankan regime.
Ever since we discovered and broadcast the photo of Liam Fox and
Adam Werritty on a trip to Sri Lanka on Channel 4 News last week we, along with the rest of the media, have been fascinated by the revelations of just how often Mr Werrity seems to have appeared on official or unofficial trips with the secretary of state for defence, writes Channel 4 News Foreign Editor Ben De Pear.
Whilst we await the investigations into the propriety of his actions, the other questions surrounding the defence secretary’s relations with the regime in Sri Lanka, questions asked a long time ago but never properly answered, deepen with the multiple appearances at his side of his friend/erstwhile adviser/business partner in meetings with members of the Sri Lankan regime.