NEW YORK.- San Pedro province (east) ruling PLD party senator Alejandro Williams today declined to comment on the accusations of intimidation by several journalists in Dominican Republic as well as in New York, including Dominican Journalists Guild (CDP) commissioner Adalberto Dominguez, of newspapers El Nacional and Hoy, after a private detective went to his house to ask about his research on the case of the legislator and investigation into an alleged Medicaid fraud.

Dominguez said he tried to contact Williams yesterday through his senior aide, who said Williams would not comment on denunciations by the reporers, including Listin Diario’s senior editor Maria I. Soldevila, Margarita Cordero of Web newspaper 7días.com.do, and Norma Sheppard, of Radio Mil.

Domínguez said with Williams agreed to meet him in his dental clinic on University Avenue in the Bronx at 10 p.m., but when he arrived at the office, there was nobody there and it had already been closed.

Williams’ adviser, who manages a clinic property of the senator in Queens and who requested anonymity, said the legislator will say everything he has to say in Santo Domingo.

The lawmaker, whom national media reported as being at the center of an investigation into an alleged Medicaid fraud in the millions of dollars, reportedly hired private detectives to questions the sources which have disclosed the alleged probe as yet unconfirmed, since Medicaid’s Criminal Division doesn’t divulge the details of an ongoing investigation.

SOURCE: diariolibre.com