MASSIVE CORRUPTION AT DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY
By STEVEN ANDRE Dear Chief Secretary, The recent announcements by the Prime Minister and yourself to set up an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is an important initiative as the level of corruption is wide spread and dangerous. Corruption in the form of stealing public funds and the appointment of political cronies and wantoks in key public service and political jobs for the purpose of stealing directly or indirectly through dubious contractual deals is wide spread and deep-rooted. In their haste to steal from the national treasury, a few crooks in this country who are driven by greed are destroying our country while the miseries of the small and disadvantaged people get worse and worse. It's a pity that not one person has be sent to prison since a lot of people have been arrested and charged in relation to the National Planning Dept white-collar crime as reveled by the Task Force Sweep. We are totally supportive of the ICAC concept. But in the meantime, could you i