Arrest warrant drawn up for PNG speaker


Papua New Guinea's government corruption watchdog has drawn up an arrest warrant for the Speaker of Parliament amid allegations over missing development funds.

But Taskforce Sweep chairman, Sam Koim, says Speaker Jeffery Nape has yet to be served with the arrest warrant as investigations continue into Nape's alleged misappropriation of 5 million kina ($A2.4 million) in funds.
Mr Koim told AAP the arrest warrant was prepared on January 25 after investigators had trouble getting access to documentation that they say is relevant to the case.

But, he says, the team has yet to decide whether to use it.
"Let me put it this way, the arrest warrant was obtained on the advice that we will search him as well as arrest him on the spot if the documents are found with him.
"We have not approached him yet.
"The case is still ongoing."

Nape has earned a place in history as PNG's most powerful Speaker.
Having served as Speaker for the government of Sir Michael Somare, on August 2 Nape allowed a crucial vote of no confidence in the Somare government.

The vote allowed Peter O'Neill to form a new government with a majority of MPs.
The Supreme Court on December 12 ruled the process used to elevate the O'Neill government was unconstitutional, which in turn sparked a series of crises which culminated in a failed mutiny in January by Somare supporters.

The Port Moresby-based Papua New Guinea Post-Courier reports the missing 5 million kina came from a larger 30 million kina ($A14.2 million) Nape requested from the government in 2009 for an agriculture project in Chimbu Province.

The paper says a letter requesting the funds also implied Nape's loyalty to the then Somare/Temu government during a period when there was a rumoured vote of no confidence.
Nape could not be contacted for comment by AAP, however he is reported as saying the missing funds were never released to him and that he is ready to face the taskforce at any time


AAP

Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 6, 2012 at 7:21 PM

    A crook and the world's biggest asshole.jail his arse n throw the keys away..

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  2. AnonymousMay 9, 2012 at 1:20 PM

    The Task Force Sweep are Nape's boys. Sam Koim is Nape's right-hand man. The warrant sponsored by the Somares will be flashed down the toilet.
    Nape reigns.

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    1. BishopMay 9, 2012 at 1:43 PM

      Sure as hell, the guy is innocent. The delay was simply because of his innocence. It's good that it's been blown out of proportion so the public can have a wrong assumption on Sir Jeffrey. What is K5million lo PNG's billionaire. It's just peanuts, to think he will steal such money. He has bundles of that miilion in his pool of money. Criminal intent on his part in this matter can be tested with definite negative results. The whole matter started because of some error on the part of the drawer accompanied with certain lapses in the normal administrative process. This the bank identified and so the cheque was never cashed. What some fail to understand is, if the cheque was cashed it would be use for its intended purpose and no complains. But the money has been returned and we are making a big fuss here.
      Nape has contributed so much to the Political development and good governance of this country , we all PNGns and the international community at large, owe this Patriotic no nonsense Politician, gratitude.

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  3. AnonymousMay 9, 2012 at 9:36 PM

    Yeah, gratitude where Nape truly deserves. And, moreover, we need more of Nape's in Parliament to effect radical changes where it is over due. Change it is, that PNG urgently craves for. After 30 plus years of Political Independence we are still in ass-tanget mentality. When others around us have advanced, our Politics have been so tribalised, that we have not progressed as a nation.
    The Speaker is one such politician who has looked beyond tribal grounds and regionalism to make PNG true Papua New Guinean and moreso to be reckond with in the Pacific & Oceania.
    Full marks to Jeffrey Nape.

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  4. AnonymousMay 10, 2012 at 7:57 AM

    Sarcasm is humorous. Seriously N- Ape is yet to develop into full homosapian. How terrible will his darkness be when his stolen billions cannot afford a flashlight in pit of darkness when his mortal skin is skinned by nature and his immortal spirit goes into oblivion. Jeff free yourself from N- Ape!!!

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  5. Kalf PoyMay 10, 2012 at 9:23 PM

    Jeff is Free !!
    You're still trapped in darkness.

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  6. KaranasMay 11, 2012 at 10:05 PM

    Hooray !!
    Task Force Sweep, Nape' very own, said it in today in The National.
    Nape Will Not Be arrested. Confirmed by Sam Koim (Nape's Righ-Hand Man) and confirmed by Kulunga.
    Nape Rules !!!
    PS:
    anti Napes can eat the dust. Hahahaha

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