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By STEWARD MYLES This is to clear the air on the illegitimacy of the payment of K71.8 Million to Paul Paraka. Firstly, Paul Paraka Lawyers did not have any outstanding legal bills from the State. Secondly, there was national Court injunction preventing any payments to Paul Paraka. However, Back in early 2009, Paraka made two separate requests valuing at K6.8million and K6.4million against the Independence state of PNG but the state has refused to pay through the injunction taken when Bire Kimisopa was in charge on the grounds that there was no outstanding payments for whatever services provided to the people of PNG as claimed by Paraka Lawyers. In 2010 Paraka took the matter to Supreme Court to set aside the National Court injunction but the higher court refused. Hence Paraka used different Law firms as payment conduits to get monies from the state by colluding with Ministers and bureaucrats at the Attorney General, Finance and treasury departments. Knowing who Pet

By STEWARD MYLES This is to clear the air on the illegitimacy of the payment of K71.8 Million to Paul Paraka. Firstly, Paul Paraka Lawyers did not have any outstanding legal bills from the State. Secondly, there was national Court injunction preventing any payments to Paul Paraka. However, Back in early 2009, Paraka made two separate requests valuing at K6.8million and K6.4million against the Independence state of PNG but the state has refused to pay through the injunction taken when Bire Kimisopa was in charge on the grounds that there was no outstanding payments for whatever services provided to the people of PNG as claimed by Paraka Lawyers. In 2010 Paraka took the matter to Supreme Court to set aside the National Court injunction but the higher court refused. Hence Paraka used different Law firms as payment conduits to get monies from the state by colluding with Ministers and bureaucrats at the Attorney General, Finance and treasury departments. Knowing who