Paga Hill – Koim’s complicity

By PNG Echo Who can forget the mayhem and the abject misery as the bulldozers rolled onto Paga Hill and razed the houses and shelters of a long-established community – albeit a settlement. Women were screaming, men were shouting but to no avail. The police had been deployed to keep them in line; to keep the way clear for the bulldozing contractors to ply their heartless trade. I remember a valiant Dame Carol Kidu standing in front of bulldozers trying to stop them only to be manhandled out of the way by the police. Her standing in the community meant Continue reading Paga Hill – Koim’s complicity

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Task Force Sweep’s integrity compromised.

By PNG Echo The International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) has raised serious questions about the integrity of anti-corruption agency, Task Force Sweep (TFS) and its Chairman, Sam Koim, after, TFS exonerated expatriate businessman Gudmundur Fridriksson and his companies and associates who are the developers of the controversial Paga Hill estate. In a press statement accompanying a 57-page report released today, Dr Kristian Laslett, who heads ISCI’s Papua New Guinea Research, claims that errors in the Task Force Sweep assessment are “seismic” and “can’t be put down to mere ignorance or inexperience.” In October 2012, ISCI lodged a complaint with Task Continue reading Task Force Sweep’s integrity compromised.

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