St. Maarten Private Eye

So here we are again, the Emilio Wilson Estate back in the news with Henri "I want' to be a Millionaire" Brookson announcing that he is now the owner of the Estate.

So far I have been unable to confirm this, my sources tell me they have not been able to confirm an official record of this sale/tranfer or whatever it is. Considering that the company Henri is fronting for (or is this move on his own?) have lied about purchasing the estate before (1st Jan 06), it's difficult to know what the truth is.

Please join me below for a short stroll down 'memory lane' and to discuss this story.

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For those of you who don't know your way around SXM PE, take a look down the right hand side in the Main Threads list and you will find a link to the Emilio Wilson Estate and Park, there you will find a library of news going back to September 2005 when Hen Ling Soon bought the matter to the public's attention.

Here are a few highlights...

Remember the 3 man committee that was going to follow up on the first IC resolution to preserve the property and report back in 90 days? It didn't happen, apparently because Roy Marlin (for it is he) couldn't find a 3rd person for the team, instead he finally decided to go forward with just 2.. Was there really no one qualified and willing to be on the committee or did no one want to get involved in what now appears to be a sham deal.

According to my last contacts with EWE Foundation members, the Govt has not yet responded to their requests to meet on this issue and no report ever appeared. Maybe an intrepid and brave reporter will ask about this committee and report and if the govt actually did anything at all to follow through on either of it's two resolutions to preserve the property. Roy did say the Govt was serious about it and was pursuing several avenues, they have had over 2 years now.

My guess is that they did diddly squat.

Moving on, or rather, back, lets remember the rumors of a meeting held at the Antillian House in Holland when Richards and Theo went there to make the Harbor Shares buyback deal. It was reported that a meeting was held around the same time with representatives of EWE BV and Henri Brookson, the SXM plenipotentiary at the time, to discuss the property and their plans.

The EWE Foundation did contact Henri Brookson about this meeting but I have no word that any reply was recieved. They did get one from Paul Comenencia however, the Minister Plenipotentiary, who states that when he asked Brookson about the EWE he was basically brushed off and told to talk to Richards instead, advice he passed on to the foundation. It is unknown if the EWEF contacted Richards concerning this, but they did send him a letter a couple weeks previous to Comenencia's letter requesting a meeting with the Exco, which I believe they are still awaiting a reply to.

EWE BV themselves state in a letter to parties objecting to the development that they have letters from govt officials, including Richards, going back to 2004 stating there are no objections to the development and that they would give all assistance to obtaining the permits, Richards even picked out a prime spot just below the 200 meter line for a new Governor's Residence. The letter from the BV is quite interesting, informing us all that Roy was involved in the deal making at least as far back as April 2005, 5 months before the public had any clue.

No stroll down memoriy lane would be complete without mention of
Henri Brookson's contract with EWE BV, dated July 21st, while he was still a govt civil servant. This contract would have made Henri a millionaire, plenty to share around and pay back favors if need be. Henri's contract was discussed on the Eldrige van Putten Show in February 2006 and is examined quite well. Have a listen....

EWE discussion pt 1 - Eldrige van Putten show - 1st February 2007

EWE discussion pt 2 - Eldrige van Putten show - 1st February 2007

Henri also claimed that Emilio wanted to sell the Estate and he offered up a simple letter dated January 1993 as proof. Unfortunately for him, Emilio is on record at a much later date with other plans and wishes for his property. Henri's letter is also interesting like the one from the BV, in it he mentions that the BV had bought the property with the condition permits would be granted and that the govt can't deal with the heirs until this agreement is annulled, by the BV. Is this what held the govt back from doing anything?

I wrote a response to the letterwhich sounded right to me at the time, and so did the EWEF. I would add now though that perhaps the sudden withdrawnof enthusiastic report wasn't just because of the public outcry, but maybe also because some people were finding themselves in too deep?

There's lots more and tt's difficult to pull myself away from this stroll with you, but I must. Go explore the Emilio Wilson Thread and see what treasures you can find. Do you remember the 'Butler'? And whatever happened to the 'caretaker'?

There's lots of questions that should be asked about the EWE Saga, and not just by the people of the island but I suspect also justice and government authorities. They could start by asking Henri if he is really the owner or just telling porky pies, if his answer is yes then a follow up would be, "Where did the money come from?"

I think the guy is a BS artist myself.

Local Hero

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