Pacific Anti-Corruption Updates (31 August 2019): PNG, Fiji, Solomon Islands

Rift widens between Australia and Pacific countries. Jennifer Oriel, a columnist, claimed that Beijing is making deals in the Pacific with vulnerable states “weakened by political corruption, government profligacy and consequent debt.”

http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2019/08/rift-widens-between-australia-and-pacific-countries/

 

PNG:

Public Admin Lacking Transparency. Lack of transparency in public administration continues to be a problem, according to Transparency International PNG (TIPING)

https://postcourier.com.pg/public-admin-lacking-transparency/

Bougainville chief secretary calls his sacking illegal. Bougainville's chief secretary, Joseph Nobetau, has been sacked but he says the government does not have the constitutional power to fire him… Over the past year, Mr. Nobetau had been leading a vigorous campaign to rid the Bougainville public service of corruption, with dozens of people being convicted or losing their jobs.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/397470/bougainville-chief-secretary-calls-his-sacking-illegal

 

FIJI:

Former revenue collector to be sentenced. A former Rakiraki Magistrates Court Revenue Collector will be sentenced in October… This is after admitting to committing corruption in the Lautoka Magistrates Court

https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/court/former-revenue-collector-to-be-sentenced/

 

SOLOMON ISLANDS:

Solomons minister acquitted of corruption charges. A government minister in Solomon Islands has been acquitted this morning of multiple charges of conversion.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/397600/solomons-minister-acquitted-of-corruption-charges  

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