CEO of the Firearm Licensing Authority FLA, Shane Dalling says he remains resolute in his efforts to rid the entity of corruption, despite several efforts to malign his character. 

Mr Dalling made several revelations about corrupt practices of the FLA, including allegations that some former board members, including a past Deputy Chairman, Dennis Meadows, allegedly approved more than two-hundred gun licenses for criminals and people of questionable backgrounds.

In an extensive interview with Nationwide, Mr Dalling gave details about corrupt practices at the authority under two former boards.

Stevian Sappleton reports.

According to Shane Dalling, the corrupt practices at the FLA started in 2014 under the board chaired by Robert Gregory. 

Peter Bunting was national security minister at the time. 

Mr Dalling says the security ministry was aware of the issues, but did nothing to address them.

He says former Minister Bunting addressed parliament around that time over an article detailing how a director had resigned after a probe was launched.

Mr Dalling who’s been at the FLA since 2017, says there’ve been several attempts to malign his character. 

He says malicious persons have presented fictitious cheques online purporting to be monies he says they claimed he benefited from.

According to Mr Dalling, claims by former FLA Deputy Chairman, Dennis Meadows suggesting he Mr Dalling was tainted, are laughable.

In the meantime, the FLA CEO sought to provide clarity on a case in which an elderly Chinese couple was reportedly denied a firearm license and later murdered. 

The couple owned Jo Jo’s supermarket in southern St Elizabeth, and had been robbed several times.

The FLA denied media reports the couple had applied for a license and was denied. 

Dalling says a relative of the couple was denied a firearm license due to the entity’s inability to source information from the person’s country of origin or about his antecedents.

Dalling says Colonel of the Accompong Maroons in St Elizabeth, Richard Currie, has also breached the Firearm legislation, due to failure to renew his permit.

Shane Dalling, CEO of the Firearm Licensing Authority Authority, speaking on Nationwide at 5, with Cliff Hughes and Tyrone Reid.