In 2008, the prime minister confirmed in Parliament that the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD) parliamentary private secretary (PPS) Richard Duval had officially lodged a request with the Prime Minister's Office on 29 April 2008 to give special access to nutritionist Cindy Legallant to La Terrasse, an exclusive VIP lounge at the island's only airport. Three months later (on 23 July 2008) Cindy Legallant was arrested on arriving in Mauritius with Rs 21 million worth of the drug Subutex (buprenorphine) in her suitcase, hidden amongst baby products. She and Duval had travelled in the same airplane. Duval refused to resign from Parliament despite the public requests of PMSD's president Maurice Allet. In 2013, Cindy Legallant was arrested and prosecuted for money laundering associated with the illegal trade of Subutex.
