WILLEMSTAD, Curacao:--- Authorities in Curacao have taken major action since the assassination of Pueblo Soberano (PS) Leader Helmin Wiels on Sunday. Radio Direct reporter Richeron Balentien told SMN News on Monday that Wiels was shot in Marie Pompoen around 4:45pm on Sunday while he was hanging out with some of his friends. Balentien said based on reports he received in Curacao, Wiels was at a certain location with some of his friends for about an hour. At some point he asked his friends if they wanted something to drink then he left and went to the bar next door and purchased four Heinekens, one Amstel Malta, and a bottle of water. Balentien further explained that while Wiels was walking back to his friends with the items he purchased a lone gunman that was driving a small gold color KIA stopped, exited the vehicle and fired several shots at Wiels from the back.
The Radio Direct reporter said that based on information they received from police, the gunman was wearing a mask and he was alone in the vehicle at the time of the shooting.
Police in Curacao has elevated their security and surveillance in Curacao by having helicopters flying around Curacao to ensure that no suspicious person or persons leaves the island by boat, the same security measures were taken at the airport in Curacao.
Balentien said that the authorities who are investigating the assassination of the most outspoken politician on Curacao said they are not ruling out any possibility and they have also taken note of the contents of what the late Wiels said on his radio program on Saturday where he said that Robbie's Lottery and United Telecommunications Services (UTS) is involved in some sort of racket with the SMS lottery that are sold via UTS. According to the late PS Leader, the monies that are derived from the sale of the lottery via UTS mobile phones are placed in an account in St. Maarten and it is then transferred to another account in the Bahamas. Wiels claimed during his radio program that Robbie's Lottery is not paying any taxes on the sale of the SMS lottery in Curacao and as such the country is losing approximately 37 million guilders per year. The late PS leader Helmin Wiels also called for an investigation into the alleged scam.
When asked by SMN News how the assassination of Helmin Wiels has affected the people of Curacao, Balentien said that everyone is in total shock because this kind of thing is not known in the Dutch Caribbean. The last radio program that Helmin Wiels broadcasted can be heard on the PS website under their live streaming. The PS has since put in place a condolence book for persons who wish to express condolences to sign at the PS headquarters.
Click here to view MP Helmin Wiels' last Radio Broadcast.
