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Number Forty Seven: 9 July, 2006

The Prime Minister and his lieutenant, Forests Minister, Patrick Pruaitch, are heavily implicated in a series of new illegal and unsustainable logging operations across their homelands in East and West Sepik Provinces.
In January, Masalai revealed how the Prime Minister and his family were involved in the illegal logging of the Lower Sepik by Malaysian logging company, Brilliant Investments.
Since then Masalai has uncovered evidence that Brilliant has started up a second unsustainable and illegal operation in the old Hawain forestry area.
Masalai has also uncovered the facts about the involvement of Minister Patrick Pruaitch in the illegal logging of the Aitape Lumi Consolidated concession area in his home region.
These revelations should greatly interest the International Tropical Timber Organisation which has accepted a personally invitation from the Forest Minister and the Government to hold its grand 2006 Council Session in Port Moresby.

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http://www.masalai-i-tokaut.com/Masalai%2047%20%20-%20Pruaitch%20&%20Somare%20chopping%20down%20the%20Sepik.pdf

Masalai is doing a great job in trying to expose the real situations behind deals.

However, I believe there needs to be a well organised NGO to act on the findings. The good work done by masalai may just become someone's good reading material.

just a thought