PNG parliamentarian jailed

Papua New Guinea member of parliament for Pomio, Paul Tiensten, has been sentenced to nine years hard labour for awarding K10 million to Kokopo businessman, Eremas Wartoto, and his airline company, Travel Air. It has been reported the money, which was intended as airfreight subsidy, was used by Wartoto to purchase four planes. The severe sentence, the first in a long time in PNG since the jailing of a provincial governor in 2006, means Mr Tiensten has now effectively vacated his seat. The case came about as a result of Investigation Task Force Sweep.

This article was written by

Kiery Manassah

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