PNG / Vanuatu / Cook Islands / Solomon Islands / Fiji

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From the UN Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project, a joint four-year initiative of UNDP and UNODC, supported by the Australian Government. Updates shared by Annika Wythes, Luisa Senibulu, Samita Singh, and Mihaela Stojkoska.

PNG:
Police hunt Chinese national over massive fraud. Police in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District say they are on the hunt for a Chinese national alleged to have stolen over a million kina (about US$330,000) from a local company contracted to process visa applications from Chinese nationals wanting to work in PNG.
More in Radio New Zealand International. http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/296194/png-police-hunt-chinese-national-over-massive-fraud

Vanuatu:
Conspiracy case against former MP adjourned. A Vanuatu magistrate has adjourned the conspiracy case against a former prime minister, Joe Natuman, and the former Vanuatu Police Commissioner, Aru Maralau.
More in Radio New Zealand International. http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/296148/conspiracy-case-against-former-vanuatu-mp-adjourned

Cook Islands:
Minister being investigated for corruption. A Cook Islands Financial Intelligence Unit investigation is about to get underway into Deputy Prime Minister Teariki Heather and the Opposition says he should step aside.
More in Radio New Zealand International. http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/296107/cooks-minister-being-investigated-for-corruption

Solomon Islands:
New chair of leadership body. The Solomon Islands Leadership Code Commission has a new chairman after the death of Francis Luza at the end of last year.
More in Radio New Zealand International. http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/296193/new-chair-of-solomons-leadership-body

Fiji:
Ex-Corrections officer allegedly tried to interfere with prosecution witnesses. A lawyer for the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) told the Suva Magistrates Court that former Fiji Corrections Commissioner Colonel Ifereimi Vasu has attempted to interfere with prosecution witnesses.
More in Fiji Village. http://fijivillage.com/news/Vasu-attempted-to-interfere-with-prosecution-witnesses--FICAC-lawyer-9k2sr5/

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