Tag: Corruption
Transparency PNG calls for further charges over ‘worrying’ Paraka case
RNZ Pacific
Transparency International Papua New Guinea has welcomed the conviction of lawyer Paul Paraka as the police confirm they are widening the investigation into...
PNG corruption – ‘Our people think MPs are automatic teller machines’
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier
Are the voters responsible for the corruption in the country?
Papua New Guinea's Health Minister and Member for Wabag, Dr Lino Tom, seems...
‘Calm before the storm’ – PNG’s Bryan Kramer vows to fight...
PNG Post-Courier
Dissident Papua New Guinean politician and former cabinet minister Bryan Kramer has vowed to fight on in his campaign against corruption, saying the...
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)...
Micronesia’s president Panuelo claims spying and bribery by China
By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia has made a series of disturbing claims against China, including alleging...
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...
Indonesian ex-graft convicts active again in political parties ‘nothing new’
By Agus Rahmat in Jakarta
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has condemned the phenomena of former corruption convicts becoming active again in political parties after serving...
Fiji lawyer Imrana Jalal’s warning: ‘No victimisation or targeted prosecutions’
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Fiji lawyer and former human rights activist Imrana Jalal has offered a "warning" to her motherland that should people be...
An update on the ‘good governance coup’ – political will, corruption...
ANALYSIS: By Grant Walton, Husnia Hushang and Neelesh Gounder
In 2006, Fiji’s current Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, seized power from a government that had been...
Yan, Zhou plead guilty to conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro
Three months after their extradition from Thailand to face bribery and money...
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...
Press freedom in jeopardy amid Indonesian authoritarianism
ANALYSIS: By Kyle Delbyck of the TrialWatch Initiative
Journalist Muhammad Asrul is awaiting word from Indonesia’s Supreme Court about whether he will spend further time...
Women leaders condemn PNG men’s ‘violence, bribery, vote rigging’ to keep...
By Peter Korugl of the PNG Post-Courier
“Shame on yous!” ... these are the three powerful words Julie Soso, former governor and candidate for the...
Philippines’ People Power hero passes as dictator’s son takes over rule
By Diana G. Mendoza in Manila
The Philippine media described him as “Steady Eddie,” a warrior and survivor, and an accidental hero of the world-renowned...
Senior figures question Fiji government’s close links with ‘doomsday’ cult
RNZ Pacific
Former prime ministers, an opposition leader, and an ex-central bank governor have added their voices to a growing chorus of concerns about the...
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...
‘Corruption fighter’ Justice Minister Kramer vows to contest PNG Ombudsman charges
By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Justice Minister and Madang MP Bryan Kramer has been referred to the Public Prosecutor by the...
Transparency watchdog seeks US help to tackle Pacific corruption
RNZ Pacific
Strengthening democracy and rolling back corruption in the Pacific must be front of mind for Pacific leaders meeting with the US Secretary of...
Veteran Tahiti politician Flosse accuses France of causing his ‘political death’
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse says he is in mourning because the French state has signed his political death by banning him...
Tahiti’s Flosse banned from public office after latest court defeat
RNZ Pacific
France's highest court has upheld a corruption conviction of French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse, effectively ending his political career.
It confirmed a 2020...
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...