…the economic activities within the Konebada Petroleum Park is a smear campaign.   Letters and other documents 8553 8556 8557 8558 8559 6 https://d6mljhs7208w9.cloudfront.net/uploads/2021/01/8544-letters-and-other-documents.zip 8563 Questions for James Marape In October 2019, PNGi asked the question is the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority too corrupt to fall? This is how we introduced that investigative report: The Konebada Petroleum Park Authority (KPPA)…

Residents of the Port Moresby suburb Gerehu are incensed over the loss of the public space at the heart of their community and are demanding answers from the man they elected to represent them, National Capital District Governor, Powes Parkop. Konda’lane Properties Limited, the company at the centre of the dispute, says the land has been re-zoned for development and…

…2017, we revealed the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority was spending massive amounts of money on car hire, K2.8 million in 2016 alone. The government has ordered that institution be wound up, but the process has yet to be completed. Image: In 2016 the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority spent over K2.8m on hire cars In May 2018, PNGi revealed a similar…

The Konebada Petroleum Park Authority (KPPA) has been used as a cash cow by politicians, senior officials and their business partners, swindling the State of millions. The Authority has been unable though to keep all of its lavish spending, dodgy deals and mysterious corporate manoeuvres out of the public eye. A series of investigative reports, including a number published by…

…killed off, the National Housing Estate Limited and Konebada Petroleum Park Authority. Will James Marape show true leadership by taking the very simple but significant step to reverse his decision to endorse Julius Chan as the face of the new 100 kina note? If he does not, then all those new notes will be a very permanent and constant reminder…

…also playing with fire. He has been holding high-level meetings with the disgraced Chief Executive Officer of the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority, Donald Valu. KPPA has attracted widespread criticism. In 2017, the National Research Institute was the first to ask whether the whole organisation might not just be a scam, created to defraud the public purse and customary landowners. Deeper…

PNGi has received National Executive Council (NEC) briefing papers that allege ongoing misdealings within the defunct Konebada Petroleum Park Authority (KPPA), which has been the subject of several exposes published on this platform. The leaked NEC documents claim that KPPA holds billions in assets belonging to the PNG public. This treasure chest has been managed by KPPA’s CEO Donald Valu…

…most of Nicholl’s companies. Carlos was also Secretary of Konebada Petroleum Park Authority Limited, a private vehicle set up to initially manage the industrial park mega-project. Carlos and Nicholls list their registered address in IPA documents as Unit 306, Pacific View Apartments. This is a property once owned by Ted Diro through Tamworth No.35, and let out by the former…

…are all willing to exercise that power, change can happen. This does not mean though waiting for the next parliamentary elections in 2022. We all see corruption happening all around us everyday. What we must do is collect the evidence and share our stories. Already, we have seen dramatic impacts, like the closure of the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority, as…

…2017, we revealed the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority was spending massive amounts of money on car hire, K2.8 million in 2016 alone. That institution has, thankfully, since been wound up. In 2016 the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority spent over K2.8m on hire cars In May, PNGi revealed a similar problem afflicting the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority. CEPA spent over…

In October 2017, PNGi revealed the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority was spending massive amounts of money on car hire, K2.8 million in 2016 alone. Now PNGi has been given evidence that a similar disease is afflicting the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority. CEPA, it seems, spent over K1 million on hire cars in 2017, and most of that money went…

…and what steps will be taken to investigate the senior officers of this body, in light of the very serious questions raised over its internal financial affairs? There is strong evidence other entities on a similar footing – such as Konebada Petroleum Park Authority Limited – have been used to loot public revenues. A forensic eye now needs to be…

The Papua New Guinea government has made the wise decision to completely abolish the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority. This comes after a series of whistleblower revelations, investigations by the National Research Institute and PNGi, and concerns raised by other academics and civil servants about the corruption, mismanagement and dubious business dealings within the organisation. The government decision was endorsed by…

…no fraud changes have ever been laid against him, or against Garo or Gelu. It is perhaps not surprising then that other public servants might have tried the same alleged scam; and documents obtained by PNGi suggest Donald Valu may be among them. History repeats? Donald Valu has been Chief Executive Officer of the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority (KPPA) since…

Donald Valu is the Chief Executive Officer of the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority [KPPA]. The KPPA is a state owned statutory authority formed to promote the downstream processing of petroleum products in Papua New Guinea. The KPPA is already under investigation for an alleged land grab, described as a ‘scam’ by the National Research Institute, and PNGi has previously revealed…

…mysterious corporate sales and purchases, links to Hong Kong and China, life-long appointments, possible conflicts of interest and potential breach of PNG’s strict citizenship laws. The history of the Park began in 2005, with the the incorporation of a company called Konebada Petroleum Park Authority Limited. The company was then superseded, three years later, by the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority…

…conflicts of interest and a potential breach of PNG’s strict citizenship laws. Petroleum Park Holdings Limited (PPHL) PPHL was registered in 2016, with the Donald Valu, CEO of the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority (KPPA) and Joel Valu (KPPA Managing Director) as the directors and shareholders. In February 2017, Valu was replaced as a director and shareholder by Samuel Pepena. PPHL…

The Konebada Petroleum Park Authority [KPPA] has already attracted plenty of public criticism. Its financial mismanagement has been condemned by the Public Accounts Committee; its arbitrary acquisition of over 23,000 hectares of land has been labelled ‘a State-sanctioned scam’ by the National Research Institute; and PNGi has previously revealed a series of other irregular transactions, mysterious corporate links and governance…

PNG-NRI researchers recently raised concerns over the Lands Minister’s decision to place 23,000+ hectares of land – which includes substantial customary holdings – under the stewardship of the Konebada Petroleum Park Authority (KPPA). They were right to. Evidence extracted from internal company records, the Investment Promotion Authority corporate registry, and a Public Accounts Committee inquiry, point to a range of…