[ap-intact] INFO: Pacific Anti-Corruption Updates (18 Sept 2015) – Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
[Facilitator’s
note: Thank you to Annika Wythes, Luisa Senibulu, and Samita Singh of
the joint UNDP-UNODC Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption Project for
sharing these updates.]
Fiji:
The $100m question. Seventeen days after the Ministry of Finance was to respond to the Public Accounts Committee on the use of $100million without any acquittals from the Head 50 account of Government, there is still no response from the Finance Ministry. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=322058
Bail granted for duo. Businessman, Nilson Nilesh Narayan and Semisi Havea, the former Ministry of Health Executive Officer – Central and Eastern Division have both been charged by FICAC. www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/33068/bail-granted-for-duo-#sthash.sb52yejO.dpuf
Radrodro’s trial date set. The trial of the former media liaison officer for the Ministry of Works, Transport and Public Utilities Sainiana Radrodro, will be held from the 9th to the 20th of November. www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/33079/radrodro%E2%80%99s-trial-date-set#sthash.bB8OiiUN.dpuf
Vanuatu:
Bribery Trial of Vanuatu MPs Draws Crowd. The supreme court in Vanuatu is overflowing with spectators as a trial of 16 MPs charged with bribery enters its second week. http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2015/September/09-15-23.htm
Vanuatu Cabinet Minister admits taking loan. Vanuatu Internal Affairs Minister, Hosea Nevu, has confirmed last year he received a 1 million vatu (US$8,928) loan from Moana Carcasses. http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/284342/vanuatu-cabinet-minister-admits-taking-loan
Solomon Islands:
Customs Denies Logging Company Bribery Allegations. An officer within the customs division says revelation by the former Forest Minister Bodo Dettke alleging that logging companies bribed their way out from the system by incurring a SBD$500 million [US$61 million] revenue loss is totally misleading. http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2015/September/09-16-10.htm
Fiji:
The $100m question. Seventeen days after the Ministry of Finance was to respond to the Public Accounts Committee on the use of $100million without any acquittals from the Head 50 account of Government, there is still no response from the Finance Ministry. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=322058
Bail granted for duo. Businessman, Nilson Nilesh Narayan and Semisi Havea, the former Ministry of Health Executive Officer – Central and Eastern Division have both been charged by FICAC. www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/33068/bail-granted-for-duo-#sthash.sb52yejO.dpuf
Radrodro’s trial date set. The trial of the former media liaison officer for the Ministry of Works, Transport and Public Utilities Sainiana Radrodro, will be held from the 9th to the 20th of November. www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/33079/radrodro%E2%80%99s-trial-date-set#sthash.bB8OiiUN.dpuf
Vanuatu:
Bribery Trial of Vanuatu MPs Draws Crowd. The supreme court in Vanuatu is overflowing with spectators as a trial of 16 MPs charged with bribery enters its second week. http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2015/September/09-15-23.htm
Vanuatu Cabinet Minister admits taking loan. Vanuatu Internal Affairs Minister, Hosea Nevu, has confirmed last year he received a 1 million vatu (US$8,928) loan from Moana Carcasses. http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/284342/vanuatu-cabinet-minister-admits-taking-loan
Solomon Islands:
Customs Denies Logging Company Bribery Allegations. An officer within the customs division says revelation by the former Forest Minister Bodo Dettke alleging that logging companies bribed their way out from the system by incurring a SBD$500 million [US$61 million] revenue loss is totally misleading. http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2015/September/09-16-10.htm