Somare’s Singapore sling leaves Koim with a hang-over

By PNG Echo The recent revelation that PNG’s former Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare, was named in a Singapore criminal prosecution as a recipient of $US784, 000.00 (K2, 540,000.00) has exposed Sam Koim’s position as a so-called anti-corruption fighter in PNG, as fundamentally compromised. Since Task Force sweep was decommissioned by the NEC, Koim has been kept afloat by unknown private sources. Is it Somare himself, or Somare’s political allies who are providing this funding? It’s really time Koim came clean with the people of PNG about who is funding his operations.  If Koim is, in fact funded by Somare Continue reading Somare’s Singapore sling leaves Koim with a hang-over

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Sir Michael Somare: The money trail

By PNG Echo. Sir Michael Somare claims he has never received illegal payments. Oh, really? The Community Colleges rort – and the proof of the pudding… On 16th August 2010, the then Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir Michael Somare, received the sum of $US280,000 into his personal account (#0374026963) at the Scott’s Mall branch of the Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, drawn on the account of M/S Questzone Offshore Limited (“Questzone”). See below. Then, on the 1st September 2010, Somare received a further $US 280,000 into the same personal account from the same drawer. See below. Finally, on Continue reading Sir Michael Somare: The money trail

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