Monday, November 11, 2019

Pacific Anti-Corruption Updates (9 November 2019): PNG, Fiji, Tonga

PNG:

Manus, Maseratis and corruption: Peter O'Neill on eight years leading Papua New Guinea. For a former prime minister with a warrant out for his arrest and allegations of official corruption hanging over his head, Peter O’Neill is quite calm.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/06/manus-maseratis-and-corruption-peter-oneill-on-eight-years-leading-papua-new-guinea

Measures to raise efficiency in police probes and prosecutions. Police have been losing too many criminal cases in courts in the last two decades. The National’s senior reporter Clifford Faiparik talks to Crime Division Asst Comm (ACP) Hodge Ette on his plans to revamp and raise efficiency in police investigations and prosecutions.

https://www.thenational.com.pg/measures-to-raise-efficiency-in-%E2%80%89police-probes-and-prosecutions/

 

FIJI:

Plea deferred for 2 women facing fraud and dishonesty charges. Two women, who managed postal agencies for Post Fiji Limited will take their plea for charges of fraud and dishonesty in January, 2020.

https://fijisun.com.fj/2019/11/07/plea-deferred-for-2-women-facing-fraud-and-dishonesty-charges/

FICAC confirms investigating former Hibiscus committee. The Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption confirms they have received a report on allegations of abuse by the former Hibiscus Events Group committee members.

https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/ficac-confirms-investigating-former-hibiscus-committee/

 

TONGA:

Equal access to justice goal for 2030. Ministers also welcomed a package of anti-corruption benchmarks, drafted by the Secretariat, designed to help governments and public sector bodies measure their anti-corruption activities, and make improvements if needed.

https://matangitonga.to/2019/11/08/equal-access-justice-goal-2030

 

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

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

Marine Destrez, Anti-Corruption Specialist – Pacific a.i., UNDP, marine.destrez@undp.org

Maria Lee, Peace & Development Administrative Assistant, UNDP/UNODC, maria.lee@und-p.org

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