The Chief Executive of Digicel, the mobile phone company which has just invested millions of dollars into Papua New Guinea's economy, has been told to leave the country according to the Post Courier newspaper.
Kevin O'Sullivan is currently abroad but our correspondent in Port Moresby, Alex Rheeney, says an administrative problem with his work permit has been given as the reason for his order to go.
"Papua New Guinea's Labour and Industrial Relations Secretary David Tibu has reportedly ordered Mr O'Sullivan to leave the country immediately ."
He has also ordered five senior expatriates of the Irish-owned mobile phone company working in East New Britain to leave.
Alex Rheeney says whatever the real reason for Mr O'Sullivan's departure, it's bad news for Digicel.
There could be other reasons but it won't be great for the company. In July this year, 2008, they will celebrate two years of operations in PNG and just before the end of the year, last year, they announced a further investment of 600 million kina into the PNG economy so it definitely will not be good news for the company.
Meanwhile, PNG's much-awaited inter-connection - where users of rival mobile phones can talk to each other - is set to be achieved by the end of this month.
