Bash" to mark the anniversary of non-action over a report into a series of major fraud cases.
Papua New Guinea's anti-corruption NGO Act Now is today hosting a so-called "Birthday
Bash" to mark the anniversary of non-action over a report into a series of major fraud cases.
It's five years today since the tabling in parliament of a Commission of Inquiry Report into of illegal transactions involving PNG's Finance Department which date back about a decade.
287 million US dollars of public money was misappropriated by a network of politicians, lawyers and officials in and around the Department.
Act Now's Effrey Dademo says none of the report's recommendations have been followed up, or those involved prosecuted.
"This is another inquiry that is just collecting dust. And it's about time that everybody's attention, both decision makers and the public's attention is drawn to the fact that this was a really big inquiry involving stolen public funds, and that the government needs to start pro-actively dealing with trying to implement the recommendations."
Effrey Dademo.
