He met a grisly end in the PNG Highlands, now questions are being asked about Fego Kiniafa's business deals

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Fego Kiniafa was a top PNG businessman who workers called 'The Chief'. Last year he was brutally murdered and now an investigation has uncovered secret business deals that raise serious questions about who Australia chooses to partner with under its foreign assistance programs.

That company, based in Singapore, was called Coral Seas Planning Consultants.in 2021 as part of the Pandora Papers leak raise questions about whether Mr Kiniafa and another top official — then-ports boss Stanley Alphonse — had serious conflicts of interest.

It wasn't a good look for either Fego Kiniafa or Stanley Alphonse — and raised the possibility that both were seriously conflicted. Asked why Mr Kiniafa and his family appeared to benefit from payments by Don Matheson's company, Ms Kiniafa says: "I wouldn't know."'There may have been kickbacks' "It appears that Fego Kiniafa and Stanley Alphonse, who were both senior officials in PNG Ports, received money out of this account.

It says it engaged Don Matheson's company "on an arm's length basis to support projects and business development outside of PNG".According to the company, the deal is worth an estimated $667 million to the PNG government through rent and fees paid by the port operator.

"As a senior member of the Royal Port Moresby Golf club, I meet and greet, and play with anyone who walks into the club, including Mr [Matheson]. DFAT says the $621 million deal will "create jobs and support trade, growth and connectivity, with broad benefits for PNG's social and economic development".

The Department said it was "committed to preventing, detecting and responding to fraud in all aspects of its business".

 

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In the end it comes done to money, not his corruption! We have seen in Nigra how these gangs work and they are no Robin Hood type! they use tribal connections for protection, dragging the good people down with them because of their need! Yes, they share, but the cost is VERY HIGH

Business deal crisis.

There's no grissleys in PNG

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