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Sir Michael Somare: The money trail

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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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Corruption: Somare’s blueprint – Koim’s selective myopia

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By PNG Echo. If you need schooling in corruption, you need look no further than the lessons the founding father of Papua New Guinea, Governor of East Sepik Province and former Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare, can teach you. Sir Michael is the chief architect in the shaping of a corrupt political culture that the international diplomatic community describes, in private, as a “dysfunctional blob.”  See article. The jargon The jargon of corruption like –  inflated contracts, bribery, kickbacks, travel junkets, unfulfilled contractual obligations, nepotism, lack of transparent accounting, circumvention of process, cronyism, disreputable companies, lying under oath, non-disclosure, payments Continue reading Corruption: Somare’s blueprint – Koim’s selective myopia→

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