Mabaruma’s Mayor faces sexual offence charge 

The Mayor of Mabaruma, Region One (Barima-Waini), Trevi Leung, has been placed on $70,000 bail after being charged in relation to allegations of sexual misconduct and assault.
Mayor Leung appeared on Wednesday before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Mabaruma Magistrate’s Court, where the charges were formally read to him. Leung was charged with sexual touching, for which he was granted $50,000 bail, and common assault, for which bail was set at $20,000. The combined bail amounts to $70,000.
The matter was adjourned to February 2.
According to information presented in court, the charges stem from a complaint lodged with the Police following an incident alleged to have occurred last year. The court was told that Police ranks had taken statements and initiated formal investigations, which resulted in the charges being laid. During the proceedings, it was also disclosed that the complainant is reportedly connected to a male individual with whom the Mayor had a confrontation on Sunday, September 7, 2025. That aspect of the matter is expected to form part of the evidence to be ventilated before the court as the case progresses.