But in the wild, wild, wild oil rush – it seems no one can escape the sometimes wrathful judgment of oil contractors who say they’ve been taken advantage of. That’s the story with Allen Saum. Saum is a functionary of Miles Tropical Energy - actually a nephew of the owner. And although Miles Tropical was one of the oil companies that signed a production sharing agreement on Friday in Corozal – Saum is not happy. In fact. he’s furious. In an interview with Wave Radio’s Juliet Thimbriel, he said that he’s been shaken down by corrupt government officials for $100,000. Here’s a clipping of what he told Wave.
Allen Saum,
“The entire government lied to us and the only reason we bought and paid for and paid off government officials was to get it on tape so we could prove to the United States government why it was that we didn’t get 17. And I am not giving these corrupt, lying bastards any more money. If they want to take 10 away from me, take it away. I won’t get my money back and somebody is going to prison. This is extortion and I am sorry but when you start extorting your people that’s one thing, when you extort foreigners, that money was wired directly from the USA to Belize for the sole purpose to pay an extortion bid.”
His entire interview has been posted on FreeBelize.org.
