On the 15 of October the Taiwan Government has (through its court system) received a sworn statement bearing the receipients of the US420m/K60m are;
1 - Paul Tiensten
2 - Arthur Somare
3 - Timothy Bonga
4 - Roy Biyama
5 - Evan Paki
6 - Florian Gubon

This post will be updated weekly, the trial begins this week.

very interesting and as well sad to see corrupt dealing wihin and outside of PNG involving PNG politicians and their cohorts. these forms of corruptions are becoming so bad in the system of government led by NA.

We need to see the reference so that we can believe this freakin story about corruption in high places.

Non of them received any funds... as the deal didn't fall throught.

To the initiator of this thread, please quote your sources...Take your time, as I have all the time in the world to listen to your story.

Yep half of them are in overseas engaging overseas lawyers to block the sworn affidavit in Taiwan District Court, FYI

more corruption, whose paying for their engagement of overseas lawyers to defend their case...wasn't in the nations interests that they went for this deal

guilt is judged by unethical intent, not whether or not the deal fell thru. anyway the money is missing so looks like some deal went thru

Alas! Just came out of the stoneage so its only history will tell. Like tad poles wadding through the river for the first time. No Wonder Somare's name is on that list.

Taiwan lawmakers ask President Chen to explain diplomatic scandal
Asia-Pacific News


May 2, 2008, 5:56 GMT


Taipei - Taiwan lawmakers on Friday demanded President Chen Shui-bian explain a diplomatic scandal in which Taipei hired two middlemen to negotiate diplomatic ties with Papua New Guinea (PNG) but the pair embezzled the 30 million US dollars without accomplishing the task.

'President Chen Shui-bian was behind this 'secret diplomacy' scandal. Chen has been barring prosecutors to probe his 'secret diplomacy funds' because if you investigate one case, you will open the Pandora's box and expose all other embezzlement crimes by Chen,' opposition KMT party lawmaker Chiu Yi said.

Foreign Minister James Huang apologized for the scandal at a news conference Friday and blamed the two middlemen for betraying Taiwan.

The incident is the latest diplomatic scandal involving Taiwan, which is trying to break its diplomatic isolation by launching ties with foreign countries. Currently only 23 countries recognize Taiwan and more than 170 countries recognize China and see Taiwan as a Chinese province.

Due to Taiwan's delicate situation, most of Taiwan's talks on opening ties with foreign countries are conducted secretly and sometimes through businessmen.

Taipei made the attempt to launch ties with PNG, an island state in the South Pacific, because in 1999 PNG, while still recognizing China, signed a joint communique with Taiwan on mutual recognition.


PNG annulled the decision after Mekere Morauta had become prime minister on July 21 the same year.

Taiwan re-started the secret diplomacy talks in 2006 by hiring two Taiwan men - Ching Ch-ju and Wu Shih-tsai - as middlemen to negotiate with PNG.

Ching holds a US passport and Wu is an overseas Chinese from Singapore. They supposedly had good ties with PNG politicians.

Under the deal, Taiwan's Foreign Ministry would send 30 million US dollars intended as aid to PNG to a joint account opened by Ching and Wu in the OCBC bank in Singapore.

Ching and Wu were to withdraw the cash only after talks on establishing diplomatic ties with PNG had succeeded, and had to return the fund to Taipei should the talks fail.

On September 14, 2006, Taiwan's Foreign Ministry remitted 29.8 million US dollars into the bank account - 200,000 US dollars had been deducted from the sum as spending money for Ching and Wu.


At the end of 2006, Taipei was suspecting the pair's loyalty to Taipei and decided to end the talks, thus asking them to return the money, but the pair refused.

Ching fled from a Singapore hotel when Taiwan diplomats tracked him down to take him to the OCBC to withdraw the cash and has vanished. Wu is being detained by Taiwan judicial authorities.

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry had kept the scandal secret until Thursday, when Singapore daily Lianhe Zaobao reported that Taiwan was seeking the return of the cash from Ching and Wu Singapore High Court.

Lianhe Zaobao said Taiwan's Foreign Ministry has applied for an injunction from Singapore High Court to freeze Ching and Wu's bank savings and assets, and has been granted the injunction.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1403062.php/Taiwan_lawmakers_ask_President_Chen_to_explain_diplomatic_scandal

PNG officials got '$A28m from Taipei'


A Singaporean businessman has alleged six prominent Papua New Guinean officials received millions of dollars in a Taiwanese diplomatic cash scandal.

PNG's Post-Courier newspaper reported the unnamed PNG men had received a portion of $US20 million ($A28 million) when Taiwan tried to buy stronger diplomatic relations.

The Courier reported businessman Wu Shih-tsa told a Taipei court this week that in 2006 he received the money from the Taiwanese government to lure countries to agree to new diplomatic ties.

Wu is charged with forging a document in attempts to mislead investigators that the missing millions were in a Singaporean bank account.

Wu's sworn affidavit alleges millions went to six prominent PNG men.

Wu told the court he approached PNG officials in alleged meetings in Port Moresby, Taiwan and Singapore but could not convince them to switch diplomatic sides.

The missing millions scandal led to the resignation of Taiwan's vice premier and foreign minister.

PNG emphatically denied the allegations that started in April this year, with Prime Minister Michael Somare maintaining they have never altered from a one-China policy.

PNG's planning minister Paul Tiensten, MP Tim Bonga and lawyer Florian Gubon admitted to meeting Taiwanese officials in 2006 but insisted it was for trade purposes.

http://news.smh.com.au/world/png-officials-got-a28m-from-taipei-20081015-51b0.html

OLD NEWS! Note - they did not get $28m. They got a PORTION of it.

the Taiwainese have given their bloke 2 years...

what will PNG do to those in PNG....a ticket to Singapore to ferret the cash away?


Wu sentenced to prison for embezzlement


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The Taipei District Court sentenced Singaporean diplomatic broker Wu Shih-tsai to two years and four months in prison for his role in the alleged embezzlement of taxpayers' money to establish diplomatic relations with Papua New Guinea.
Wu can still appeal the sentence, but it was not immediately known whether he would do so.

On Sept. 15, 2006, then-Foreign Minister James Huang (üSÖ¾·¼) had almost NT$1 billion (US$29.8 million) wired into a Singapore account held by Wu and his business partner Charles Ching. Both men were expected to use the money to convince Papua New Guinea to open official diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but by Dec. 1, 2006, the money had vanished and the Southeast Asian country was still a Beijing ally.

When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked Wu for an explanation, he apparently forged bank account statements to claim the money was still there, while he also made up a story saying he had been threatened with a gun. Yesterday's guilty verdict on charges of forgery and making false accusations was based on those allegations.

Wu could still face charges of embezzlement after further investigations, the court said.

Taiwan detained Wu after the scandal became public last May, but Ching disappeared, allegedly with most of the money. Wu will remain in prison because being a foreign national, he could try to escape the country, court spokesman Huang Chun-ying said yesterday.

Wu is the first person involved in the case to be indicted and convicted. The Taipei Prosecutors Office is reportedly still investigating whether any former Taiwanese government officials received bribes in the affair.

Former presidential secretary-general Chiou I-jen (ÇñÁxÈÊ) reportedly came up with the idea of involving brokers to improve Taiwan's shaky diplomatic relations.

Due to strong pressure from China, Taiwan only has 23 official allies left, most of them small or impoverished nations in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Pacific and Africa

So what about this rascals who travelled overseas amd successfully negotiated through their contacts to stop the sworn statements to go public.
People wake up here, Taiwan knew very well that PNG will still stick to One China Policy and elections were approaching around the corner so the Taiwanese used a new tactic to get to PNG Government. Knowing very well that Paul, Arthur and Somares big Baby Timothy Bonga will return after the elections still in Power the Taiwanese will still push for the names to be exposed whilst blackmailing the MPs who will soon presure the Old Somare (PM) to send statements contradicting the one china policy.
Or option two will be Somare will compensate double the amount back to Taiwan from his offshore accounts.

Smart Taiwan eh?

1 - Paul Tiensten
2 - Arthur Somare
3 - Timothy Bonga
4 - Roy Biyama
5 - Evan Paki
6 - Florian Gubon

Those names will never go public or be printed, never.Somare's Melasian Friends are too powerfull and can save Somares arses.

So what about this rascals who travelled overseas amd successfully negotiated through their contacts to stop the sworn statements to go public.
People wake up here, Taiwan knew very well that PNG will still stick to One China Policy and elections were approaching around the corner so the Taiwanese used a new tactic to get to PNG Government. Knowing very well that Paul, Arthur and Somares big Baby Timothy Bonga will return after the elections still in Power the Taiwanese will still push for the names to be exposed whilst blackmailing the MPs who will soon presure the Old Somare (PM) to send statements contradicting the one china policy.
Or option two will be Somare will compensate double the amount back to Taiwan from his offshore accounts.

Smart Taiwan eh?

1 - Paul Tiensten
2 - Arthur Somare
3 - Timothy Bonga
4 - Roy Biyama
5 - Evan Paki
6 - Florian Gubon

Those names will never go public or be printed, never.Somare's Melaysian Friends are too powerfull and can save Somares arses.

you think this could be a good solution for the chinese interference in our national afairs? like what is happening in this other country sudan. looks like people hate chinese everywheres



SUDAN

5 Oil Workers Killed


Kidnappers holding nine Chinese oil workers for more than a week have killed five of the men, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said Monday. Two other captives managed to flee their abductors, while the remaining two are still being held, said ministry spokesman Ali Sadiq.

Sadiq accused the Justice and Equality Movement, a Darfur rebel group, of seizing and killing the Chinese. The group has denied involvement.

The Chinese Embassy in Khartoum could not be reached for comment, but the state-run New China News Agency said the embassy "strongly condemned" the killings. China is the biggest foreign investor in Sudan and one of the Khartoum government's strongest allies.

We cant kidnap or even kill we just watch and complain.