THE TOKAUT BLOG
Malaysia seizes shipment of logs from Papua New Guinea
...on the beaches of the Philippines reportedly bore the stickers of the PNG Forest Authority, yet the PNGFA has never offered any explanation for how 700 logs from PNG ended up there. Forest Minister, Solan Mirisim, has also not responded to questions put to him by PNGi about the log seizure in Malaysia and the logs found in the Philippines....
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Worrying signs as Mirisim tribunal hit by failings
...Public Prosector himself, not one of his staff, and one of the first witnesses called to give evidence was the Chief Ombudsman. Men at the very pinnacle of their careers and at the top of their professions. All of which accentuates the concern and angst that the prosecution of Defence Minister, Solan Mirisim has been hit by a series of...
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Former Forest Minister a lone wolf or is he being thrown to the dogs?
The PNG Forest Authority claims it has revoked a Timber Permit ‘TP 10-11’, awarding logging rights over the Vanimo Timber Rights Purchase Blocks 3, 4 and 5, on the grounds that it was unlawfully issued by a former Forest Minister. According to the Forest Authority, ‘TP 10-11’ was issued by Solan Mirisim, the current Minister for Defence, in contravention of...
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From Zero to Hero for Tumla Investment
...Telefomin MP, Solan Mirisim. Mirisim has, according to media reports, recently been referred by the Ombudsman Commission to the Public Prosecutor on various charges including failing to declare income, abuse of office, and failure to lodge financial statements and corporate income tax. There is no suggestion that Irad Nati is implicated in these alleged offences. Nevertheless, it was while working...