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Yer made a claim in the name of his son for the sum of PGK700,000 through his lawyer, Paraka, which was paid in full. Pakara profited from the scheme by making three of the largest fraudulent claims. In addition, he was hired by the state and paid PGK41 million between 2003 and 2006 to act on the
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Treasury and Minister of Finance. According to PNG media sources, the appointment was seen as a "disaster". O'Neill, the current Prime Minister of PNG, was allegedly involved in the National Provident Fund (NPF) Tower fraud, in 1999, in which millions of Kinas were stolen from the retirement
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417:. The headquarters of the ministry are at Vulupindi Haus,
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1250:. PNG Exposed Blog.
623:Yangakun Miki Kaeok
607:, acting, 2022-2023
415:Minister of Finance
410:Ministry of Finance
301:in Papua New Guinea
129:National Parliament
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