On August 18, the PNG’s Sunday Chronicle added more very revealing details to initial allegation of US$40.m Singapore account. According to this weekly newspaper, the total sum transferred to the Singapore bank account amounted to US$67 million, with US$ 27million having been transferred back to a “political syndicate” in PNG around the time of the national elections in 2007 via an Cairns based Australian Bank to the Bank of PNG where a business house collected and distributed it to beneficiaries. All of the money allegedly originating from log exports of logging concessions in the Gulf Province.
Again we the people of PNG deserve justice and demand some response from the authorities on all these allegations. If an Australian bank was used to transfer these funds, the Australian Government authorities now also qualify to investigate the trail of this illegal business and the ‘business house” in PNG must be named.
The other questions for people of PNG are, were these funds used to sponsor certain political parties or candidates thus under minding the rights of people of PNG to vote freely in 2007?. Has the logging industry infiltrated into our political system as they have into our forests, destroying everything with no consideration for what they are doing to the future of this country or our people?.
Again we the people of PNG demand answers and the onus is on the Prime Minister to tell us, the sooner the better.
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