Saturday, August 22, 2020

Pacific Anti-Corruption Updates (22 August 2020): PNG, Fiji

New Zealand Boost Anti-Corruption Efforts In The Pacific. A new Pacific-wide anti-corruption partnership has been launched between the Government of New Zealand and the United Nations Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project, in an effort to improve the livelihoods of people in 13 Pacific Island countries.

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO2008/S00166/new-zealand-boost-anti-corruption-efforts-in-the-pacific.htm

 

PNG:

PNG’s ex-PM Peter O’Neill buys $6m Warrawee house as Point Piper digs quietly sold. Mr O’Neill returned from Sydney to PNG in May to give evidence at a corruption inquiry into the UBS loan affair in which the country’s leaders are accused of breaking the law in 2014 in approving a $US1.2 billion load from the Swiss bank.

https://www.domain.com.au/news/pngs-ex-pm-peter-oneill-buys-6m-warrawee-house-as-point-piper-digs-quietly-sold-979246/

Bougainville finance minister to face corruption trial. Bougainville's caretaker Finance Minister Robin Wilson is to stand trial in the Papua New Guinea National Court on four charges of corruption.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/423786/bougainville-finance-minister-to-face-corruption-trial

 

FIJI :

Corruption lands former CWM hospital staff in jail. A former employee of CWM hospital who admitted to falsifying a receipt and causing a loss of $54.40 to the hospital was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment by the Suva Magistrates Court this week.

https://www.fijitimes.com/corruption-lands-former-cwm-hospital-staff-in-jail/

Mahogany ‘history isn’t all pretty’. The history of Fiji’s mahogany is scarred by corruption, says Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.

https://www.fijitimes.com/mahogany-history-isnt-all-pretty/

More people conned in land scam. The Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) said more than 80 people had so far been fooled, claiming $150,000 was deceptively obtained.

https://fijisun.com.fj/2020/08/16/more-people-conned-in-land-scam/

 

To know more about the UN Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption Project please contact:

Annika Wythes, Regional Anti-Corruption Adviser, UNODC, annika.wythes@un.org

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