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China and Australia encouraged to pork barrel in Prime Minister’s backyard
...for clearing, lay down area, access roads and drainage works’. According to Fr Jan Czuba, K5 million was spent on those earthworks. As PNGi has already revealed as part of its series of investigations into Peter O’Neill, Wild Cat Developments Limited was purchased by a company owned by the Prime Minister in 2014. It was then sold to the Australian...
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The Australian dream team, that wasn’t
...a “Claire Quinn”, features photographs of Lauchlan Leishman. In these photographs he is described as Claire Quinn’s brother. Subsequently Quinn and Simpson were joined by two new shareholders, Australian nationals Sandra Lane and Peter Zabaks. According to the Investment Promotion Authority’s Foreign Enterprises registry, BCPM was not certified to conduct business in Papua New Guinea – in order to obtain...
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John Pundari
...Twenty-five years as an MP and businessman The Politician John Pundari has served as the MP for Kompiam-Ambum for twenty of the past twenty-five years. His only election defeat came in 2002, when he abandoned his local constituency and contested the Enga Provincial seat, where he lost out to Peter Ipitas. Five years later, 2007, Pundari was re-elected MP for...
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Immigration system corrupt, alleges victim
...the alleged financial fraud or immigration authorities over the alleged fraudulent work permit application. Immigration system corrupt, alleges victim Immigration documents 1297 1298 1299 1300 4 https://d6mljhs7208w9.cloudfront.net/uploads/2018/02/1295-immigration-documents.zip Sonar Bangla Trading Afazuddin Mohammad’s company, Sonar Bangla Trading Limited, was registered with the Investment Promotion Authority in April 2015. At that time the company had two shareholders, Afazuddin Mohammad and Peter Patho....
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Ministerial PMIZ Concerns Spot On
...Annual Return 2012 After the Somare government was ousted by Peter O’Neill, Aces Ventures new shareholder Gabriel Kapris warned the O’Neill government against mothballing the PMIZ project. He claimed such a move would put the PNG state ‘in question internationally and this is not good for the country’. PMIZ and Aces Ventures PMIZ and Aces Ventures One can understand why...
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Yama loses over K22m in one day
...suspended from duty while a Leadership Tribunal investigates charges relating to delays in giving reserved judgements. Yama Security Services Yama Security Services Ltd is a PNG registered company owned by Peter Yama. Peter Yama owns 95% of the shares in the company and other members of his family the other 5%. The company was first registered in 1984. YSSL has...
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Inside the Somare bribery scandal
...for all whether this was in fact a truly laudable project abused by a number senior business and political figures, or whether it was only ever a palatable fig leaf designed to conceal the plundering of public moneys. Lamentably the body best positioned to establish these facts, an ICAC promised by Peter O’Neill back in 2011, is on permanent hold....
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Konebada Petroleum Park
...featured in both the investigations of the Commission of Inquiry into the Department of Finance and the Commission of Inquiry into the National Provident Fund. The former inquiry found Peter Pena had engaged in “dishonourable, improper and unprofessional behaviour” in assisting MP Andrew Maid with an unlawful claim and profiting from that exercise. Peter Pena, remember, also sits on the...
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KPPA controversies pile up (short version)
...same name, exists in Hong Kong. PPHL Hong Kong is owned by a Hong Kong resident, Christine Sau Ying Yuen. The directors are Christine S. Y. Yuen, Donald Valu, Sam Pepena, former Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Ano Pala, and private lawyer and businessman, Peter Pena. Two things about this Board are particularly notable: Sam Pepena is listed by...
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Profiting from Sickness
...his business associations that reach all the way to the Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill. narrative files narrative files narrative narrative narrative narrative narrative narrative Staff reporters Profiting from Sickness Part III of The Dark Economy of Public Health in PNG Sang Chung Poh According to Investment Promotion Authority records, Borneo Pacific Pharmaceuticals Limited is 99.99995% owned by a naturalized citizen...
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PM’s Right Hand Man in Gabutu Palace Bonanza
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill cut his teeth in real-estate. It ended in a slew of damning findings that consumed the better part of two Commission of Inquiries. His right hand man during this period was Oscar Wandi Yamuna, allegedly O’Neill’s first cousin. In addition to acting as Director at Pangia Enterprises – one of the thoroughbreds in the O’Neill real-estate...
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Profiting from sickness
...Pacific In September 2013, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill – before an audience that included Chinese Ambassador, Qiu Bohua – opened Borneo Pacific’s Port Moresby headquarters. According to The Australian, Prime Minister O’Neill praised Borneo, claiming it is ‘an example of a family and a company who are truly one of the success stories of the country’.[1] Four years later Borneo...
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Contagious Good Fortune
...to promote the business. The National newspaper reports ‘O’Neill had congratulated the management and staff of L&A Group of companies for the launch of their new business.’ [3] Although nowhere was there any mention of Peter O’Neill’s own interest in the venture. Image: Peter O’Neill at the launch of the Dove Funeral home [EKAR KEAPU /Nationalpics] The following year, 2013,...
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PM stake in Govt contractor hidden for 5 years
...Limited’s owners as Australian national, Brian Rice (80%), and PNG national, Joe Naipu (20%). However, according to internal Graphos records, the company had in fact been acquired five years earlier by Remington Technology Limited, on 8 May 2010. The majority owner of Remington Technology Limited, is Peter O’Neill (through LBJ Investments), he is also a Remington Director. Document: Board minutes...
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The Midas Touch: Part 3
...business lay idle until Peter O’Neill became Prime Minister. In an interview with Business Advantage during 2013, current RIFL managing director, Australian national Brett Andrew, claimed ‘the licence then lay dormant for over 10 years before a revival was embarked upon, resulting in the successful application for a new licence by local PNG company Remington [owned by Peter O’Neill and...
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Susan Karike scandal
There has been an outflow of public sympathy for Papua New Guinea’s iconic flag designer, Susan Karike Huhume. Her body has lain in rest at Dove Funeral Homes for three months, after a promised state funeral never materialised. PNGi can reveal that Dove Funeral Homes is owned by three of the richest individuals in Papua New Guinea, Peter O’Neill, Sir...
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Duma’s hidden hand in K3 billion development
Minister for State Enterprises, William Duma, was suspended from government in February this year, after it was alleged he had a beneficial interest in a lucrative land deal made with Kumul Consolidated Holdings.[1] Peter O’Neill ordered an administrative inquiry into the affair, led by John Griffin QC.[2] In a PNGi exclusive, we reveal the testimony of a senior Paga Hill...
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The Midas Touch: Part 2
...owned by Peter O’Neill, along with O’Neill’s then wife Cheryl O’Neill. Yamuna is now reported to be working directly for Peter O’Neill as his Deputy Chief of Staff.[16] Network Map: O’Neill’s network of early core associates The Commission of Inquiry claims that Peter O’Neill benefited from corrupt transactions executed by ICPNG’s management, primarily through the corporate vehicle, Port Moresby First...
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Joseph Lelang
...he joined the ruling People’s National Congress under Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. In January 2017, ahead of National Elections, it is reported, Lelang resigned from the PNC and rejoined the CRP. Corporate Links Corporate Links Joseph Lelang has not allowed his duties as an MP to get in the way of business. NETWORK MAP: JOSEPH LELANG’S CORPORATE LINKS Kandrian Oil...
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The Midas Touch: Part 1
...commissions of inquiry suggest this is part of a pattern of behaviour. O’Neill surrounds himself with close friends and family, creating a trusted network of allies spread across public and private positions, which is then leveraged to gain competitive advantages. Network Map: Peter O’Neill’s key business associates 1987-2001 In 1992, for instance, Peter O’Neill set up, Hunter Real Estate Limited...
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Nathaniel Poya
...fraud. 326 327 328 329 4 https://d6mljhs7208w9.cloudfront.net/uploads/2017/06/314-voco-liquidation.zip Association with Peter O’Neill Peter O’Neill In his evidence to the National Provident Fund Commission of Inquiry in May 2001, Peter O’Neill stated Nathaniel Poya was a partner involved in his company Mecca No.36 “and he has been a business partner for more than fifteen years”. Mecca was described by O’Neill as operating...
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Konebada PPA – A ‘golden bowl’ for who?
...Public Accounts Committee report published in 2010 alleges that KPPA Limited’s core activities were managed by two consultancy companies. FIRMS Nikita Consulting Limited IPA records show that FIRMS is a registered business name, under which two individuals operate: Filipino national, Ofelia Raymundo Carlos. Australian national, Peter Nicholls OBE. Nikita Consulting Limited is jointly owned by: Kila Ai (50%). Inez Ai...
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Elite network behind Paga Hill Estate
...to Investment Promotion Authority records [PDF], Nali’s company Kwadi Inn obtained a significant stake in this company during 2009, joining a select cast of executives and investors. According to its last Annual Return, the company’s Managing Director is Peter O’Neill, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister. Peter O’Neill again appears as the largest shareholder in NIU, through his companies LBJ Investments...