MP Andrew Mald stole over K5 million from the people of PNG

PNG EXPOSED

Port Moresby MP, Andrew Mald, is identified in the Finance Department Commission of Inquiry report as having stolen K5,193,538 from the people of PNG

The MP, former Solicitor General Zacchary Gelu, former Attorney General Francis Damem and private lawyers Peter Pena and Jeffrey Abone are been recommended for prosecution over the unlawful payment to Mr Mald.

The Commission of Inquiry uncovered how MP Mald submitted a fraudulent claim against the State, which, despite numerous flaws, was approved for payment by Gelu and Damem.

Mald’s claim was in respect of a piece of land in Port Moresby, for which he claimed to have a valid lease. However the Commission of Inquiry found that Mald’s lease was unlawful and had been fraudulently obtained. That fraud included an illegal meeting of the Lands Board, falsification of the meeting minutes and a failure to gazette the lease.

Not only was Mald’s lease totally illegal, his claim for damages was similarly flawed. The claim did not satisfy the mandatory notice requirement under the Claims Against the State Act; the deed of settlement was not given the required Ministerial approval; and the damages claimed were hugely overstated.

Despite the fact that Mald did not have a legal lease and his claim was procedurally flawed, Solicitor General Zacchary Gelu approved the claim WITHOUT even seeking the advice of Secretary of Lands or his Department or the Register of Titles or the Attorney General. Gelu also accepted Mald’s gross inflated assessment of damages at K4.1 million.

This unprofessional conduct was then compounded by the Attorney General, Damem, who approved an overpayment of K520,571 in interest on the claim.

The Commission has recommended the Public Prosecutor seek to recover the K5,193,538 paid to Andrew Mald and K200,000 from Peter Pena under the Proceeds of Crime Act

As well as criminal prosecutions, the Commission has recommended all four lawyers, Gelu, Damem, Pena and Abone be referred to the lawyers’ statutory body for “dishonourable, improper and unprofessional behaviour”.

Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 25, 2010 at 12:16 PM

    Mald did a press statement, two colored pages on The National yesterday. he might be corrupt as in state-rape, but can someone make cross analysis and do a posting here as well on the same subject? trying to understand things here, though corruption is implicated!!

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  2. TerryMay 25, 2010 at 12:34 PM

    Cross posted what appeared on PNG Exposed blog today, I did not see what see what was written by Mr. Mald on the 2 coloured pages of press statement that appeared on the National yesterday, would like to see a copy before analysing where he stands on this.

    Thanks for the heads up.

    Terry

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  3. AnonymousMay 27, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    can type the entire stuff. can we ask The National to give a soft copy of the release?

    thanks, we need some balance understand despite

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  4. AnonymousJuly 27, 2010 at 2:07 AM

    Terry,
    you are completely out of your tree on this one. it seems. Any further and the limb will snap and your crown jewels will be hanged to dry. Your report is spoiling Malds name (good or bad). Somewhere I read recently that the Inquiry Report is questionable or illegal. That this are only allegations. If that is true yur writing here is not quite true. By the way I have been waiting for that National publication you mentioned but never came. What happened?

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  5. AnonymousJuly 27, 2010 at 6:10 AM

    Thats why its called a forum to discuss issues gutpela or nogut, weather he (Mald) stole or not the spotlight is on him, he needs to come clean.

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  6. Bloody Crook!August 19, 2010 at 12:34 PM

    Two words: BLOODY CROOK!

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    Terry,
    whats your POBOX number?, will post you Mald's article. I may have the newspaper cutting somewhere. Thankyou.

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  8. TerrySeptember 17, 2010 at 4:40 PM

    Scan the document and e-mail it to pngblog@gmail.com

    No Box Numbers sorry,

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2010 at 1:34 PM

    I'm sick of corrupt people and their cronies protesting that "it's only allegations" against them. Fact is, our justice system no longer has prosecutions, much less convictions. And for good citizens, one doesn't even hear allegations against them 99.99999% of the time. Either you Mald supporters start doing something tangible and vocal to stop corruption in PNG or don't cry your baby tears when your big baby gets mud on his face by the slap of one allegation after another of corruption.

    If Mald wasn't corrupt, he would have come out and DEMANDED an investigation of these allegations the moment the Dept. Finance Inquiry was tabled. Instead, he ignored and hid, ignored and hid. Only now the word is spreading so fast he knows that his first cynical strategy isn't going to work anymore.

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