Papua New Guinea's sacked attorney general says he has no problem with losing his job defending the now-disbanded anti-corruption unit Taskforce Sweep and its former head, Sam Koim.
Kerenga Kua was sacked by the Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, who has been embroiled in controversy after being issued an arrest warrant following a Task Force Sweep investigation.
Papua New Guinea parliament facade. Photo: RNZI / Johnny Blades
Mr O'Neill responded by disbanding Task Force Sweep and ordering the police to investigate its actions.
But Mr Kua says the Prime Minister is the one in the wrong and the Taskforce Sweep team has acted fearlessly.
"I stand by the Taskforce Sweep team lock, stock and barrel in everything they do, have done and were doing up to the point of my decommissioning. I told the Prime Minister after he advised me of those things, I said: 'You know Mr Prime Minister, I have a message to you from myself,' and I said, 'you really need to resign as Prime Minister because you've disgraced the country."
Papua New Guinea's sacked attorney general, Kerenga Kua.
