Tag: Corruption allegations
Fiji state appeals Banimarama and Qiliho sentences in corruption case
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's Acting Public Prosecutor has filed an appeal against the sentences of former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho...
50 anti-corruption advocates call for probe into Indonesian ‘election fraud’
Asia Pacific Report
Up to 50 anti-corruption activists and former employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have sent letters to several Indonesian political party...
Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific...
By Aubrey Belford, Kevin G. Hall and Martin Young
A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future...
Former Papuan governor Enembe’s corruption trial ends – verdict soon
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
Former Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe has presented his case for the defence, denying the corruption and bribery charges against him,...
Expert witnesses tell court accounts ‘are clean’ in bribery case against...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The Jakarta District Court heard the case of alleged bribery and gratification against suspended Papua governor Lukas Enembe on Monday...
Ailing suspended Papuan governor Enembe now in detention cell after army...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
An Indonesian court has held a hearing to consider whether the ailing suspended Papua Governor, Lukas Enembe, is well enough...
Papua Governor Lukas Enembe gravely ill – KPK trial delayed
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
Suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe, who is detained in Indonesia on corruption charges, was supposed to go on trial yesterday...
Court rejects Papua governor Enembe’s objections but suspends proceedings over his...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
An Indonesian court hearing was held at Tipikor Court, Jakarta, last week when suspended Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe was arraigned...
Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal drama and tragedy in Jakarta
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
Last Monday, suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was indicted on gratification, bribery and corruption charges in Indonesia's central Corruption Criminal...
Deposed Papua governor Lukas Enembe indicted on $3m bribery charges
RNZ Pacific
The deposed Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has been indicted this week on charges of bribery, allegedly over about US$3 million.
The amount of bribes...
Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
Next month, on July 10, six months will have passed since Papua's Governor Lukas Enembe was "kidnapped" and flown to...
How the USP political saga may end the era of Bainimarama...
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Bahadur Singh in Suva
The long-running row between the former Fiji government and the Suva-based regional University of the South Pacific (USP)...
Probe into officers’ actions after one person killed in West Papua...
RNZ Pacific
Police officers in West Papua will be investigated over shootings during a provincial governor's controversial arrest.
One person died after the struggle that followed...
Yamin Kogoya: Arrest of Papuan governor Enembe condemned as illegal Jakarta...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
Following months of legal limbo and a health crisis, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was arrested this week by the country's Corruption...
Papua governor Enembe arrested on ‘lavish’ bribery charges
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian anti-curruption authorities have arrested Papua Governor Lukas Enembe on allegations of bribery.
The Jakarta Globe called the arrest by the Corruption Eradication Commission...
Paris court overturns statute of limitation in Tahiti corruption case
RNZ Pacific
France's highest court has revived French Polynesia's largest corruption case, which had been closed almost more than three years ago.
Eight people, including former...
Papuan students, churches, NGOs and others plead over embattled governor’s health
By Laurens Ikinia
Many organisations, NGOs, churches and student leaders have called on the Indonesian government in Jakarta to consider Papua Governor Lukas Enembe’s health...
Fate of Papua’s Governor Enembe – the ‘son of Koteka’ –...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
Alleged corruption involving Governor Lukas Enembe has dominated both Papuan and Indonesian media outlets and social media groups over the...
Jakarta bans Papuan governor Enembe from vital medical treatment trip
SPECIAL REPORT: By Laurens Ikinia
Governor Lukas Enembe of Indonesia's Melanesian province of Papua has been banned from travelling abroad by the state Directorate General...
Papuan protesters warn Jakarta – ‘don’t criminalise’ Governor Enembe
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya
Papuan protesters from seven customary regions this week stormed the Mako Brimob police headquarters in Kota Raja, Jayapura, accusing the KPK...
Young women ‘traded for votes’ in PNG, elections consultation told
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
Allegations of young women being traded for votes in several parts of the Highlands region during Papua New Guinea's...
Northern Marianas governor Torres impeached over corruption allegations
RNZ Pacific
The House of Representatives in the Northern Marianas has voted to impeach Governor Ralph Torres, approving six articles of impeachment against him.
With 15...