Just have a look at this information provided and the Lawers approaches. Seems like they all involved in the corrupt deal and try to cover their messes. ___________________________________ Sonja Barry Ramoi > PNG NEWS THE PARAKAGATE PLOT THICKENS - MARTIN KOMBRI & LOINA YAFAI PARTNERSHIP EXPOSED Information received on THURSDAY afternoon indicates that there is more to the Parakagate scandal that many law enforcers and the general public are not yet aware of. Is the following information the very missing link in the Parakagate scandal which can be used as evidence and turn this case around as claimed? Appropriate authorities take note of the following information which may aid investigations:- Source: MARTIN KOMBRI, THE LAWYER REPRESENTING PAUL PARAKA LAWYERS IN PMPOS CASE TO STAY HIS ARREST WARRANT WHICH DECISION WILL BE HANDED DOWN TOMORROW, IS THE PRINCIPAL OF KOMBRI AND ASSOCIATES LAWYERS. THE LAW FIRM KOMBRI AND ASSOCIATES LAWYERS IS REGISTERED WITH THE INVESTMENT PROMOTION AUTHORITY (IPA) AS A BUSINESS NAME, IF YOU DO A SEARCH ON THIS LAW FIRM IN THE IPA WEBSITE NOW YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE 2 OWNERS OF KOMBRI AND ASSOCIATES LAWYERS, MARTIN KOMBRI AND LOINA YAFAI. MARTIN KOMBRI AND LOINA YAFAI ARE ALSO LISTED AS THE 2 OWNERS OF ANOTHER FIRM REGISTERED WITH IPA AS A BUSINESS NAME CALLED FINANCIAL AND LEGAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES, THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE IPA WEBSITE. I HAVE TAKEN SNAPSHOTS OF THE 2 IPA EXTRACTS SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DUO AND ATTACHED THEM HEREWITH. NOW WE MAY ASK, WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS. WELL LOINA YAFAI HAPPENS TO BE THE WIFE OF FORMER DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE JACOB YAFAI WHO WAS SACKED OVER HIS INVOLVEMENT IN FACILITATING PAYMENTS TO PAUL PARAKA LAWYERS ALONG WITH HIS BOSS FORMER FINANCE SECRETARY STEVEN GIBSON WHO WAS ARRESTED. YOU SEE MARTIN KOMBRI HAD WORKED FOR PAUL PARAKA LAWYERS AS A LAWYER AND IS A CONFIDANT OF THE PRINCIPAL PAUL PARAKA UNTIL JUST THIS YEAR WHEN HE BEGAN HIS OWN LAW PRACTICE UNDER KOMBRI AND ASSOCIATES LAWYERS. NOW THIS BEGS THE QUESTION, WHY INCLUDE LOINA YAFAI AS AN OWNER OF 2 OF MARTIN KOMBRIS FIRMS??? KOMBRI IS THE MAN WHO CAUSED THE NATION TO HOLD ITS BREATH UPON ASKING FOR 2 WEEKS ADJOURNMENT FOR SHORT SERVICE OF COURT DOCUMENTS ON HIM BUT KARIKO ADJOURNED TO TOMORROW ONLY. LETS SEE IF HE HAS MORE TRICKS UP HIS SLEEVE WHEN HE GOES BEFORE THE BAR TOMORROW AFTERNOON (see report in todays National newspaper Page 5). /////////////////////////////////////////// Judge adjourns PM case Source: The National, Thursday June 26th, 2014 A judge reluctantly adjourned the court case of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s arrest warrants to tomorrow after a lawyer was not served relevant court documents. Justice Ere Kariko told counsels that they should have some respect and integrity for the courts after lawyer Martin Kombri was not served documents relating to the case. “You were in court last time and waited a week later to tell the court you were not served,” Kariko told Kombri. Kariko extended interim orders issued on June 17 preventing police from arresting O’Neill and Finance Minister James Marape until the matter returns to court tomorrow afternoon. Kombri, representing defendant Paul Paraka Lawyers, asked the court for directions for O’Neill’s lawyer Tiffany Twivey to serve him the application for stay of the arrest warrant. Twivey confirmed not serving Kombri, explaining the urgency of the situation last week when O’Neill was served by police a warrant for his arrest. The substantive proceedings initially commenced by Marape relate to an application for raxation of legal bills rendered by the State to Paul Paraka Lawyers. This relates to whether payments to Paraka Lawyers were for legal work done. It was under these proceedings that O’Neill filed an urgent application to prevent police arresting him. Justice Kariko told Kombri that while Paraka was a party in the proceedings, it was really an application to prevent police from arresting O’Neill. Kombri asked for a two-week adjournment to receive the documents and prepare. Justice Kariko refused to a lengthy adjournment saying the matter had been in court for a while now. “What has turned out to be an urgent application seems to something else, brought about by the conduct of the lawyers,” Kariko said. ////////////////////////////////////////// Police get another lawyer in O’Neill arrest bid Source: The National, Thursday June 26th, 2014 ACTING Police Commissioner Geoffrey Vaki has instructed a new lawyer to act for the Police, replacing Paul Mawa in the court case of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s arrest warrant. Lawyer Sam Bonner represented the police in court yesterday and moved an application to adjourn the matter for three weeks for Vaki to assess O’Neill’s arrest warrant. Justice Ere Kariko refused the adjournment, saying this was a matter for them to sort out. Mawa filed a notice ceasing to act for the police while Bonner was appointed as the new lawyer by Vaki on Monday. Bonner said he needed an adjournment for time to make submissions on issues on point of law relating to O’Neill’s arrest warrant issued bypolice. Vaki filed an affidavit on Tuesday in support of his application to have the matter adjourned for three weeks. Vaki deposed in his affidavit that he needed time to go through the investigative report into Paul Paraka Lawyers and determine the issue of the arrest warrant. Lawyers’ Tiffany Twivey, representing O’Neill, Robert Leo representing Finance Minister James Marape and Martin Kombri for Paul Paraka Lawyers agreed to the adjournment. Justice Kariko, in the interest of justice, refused the police application for an adjournment to prepare. Attorney–General Ano Pala through his lawyer Ralph Saulep also attempted to join as a party in the proceedings /////////////////////////////////////////// Source: Papua New Guinea Facts PNG DEPUTY SECRETARY OF FINANCE CHARGED 13/09/2013 Mr Jacob Yafai, 42 of Karapia village in Yangoru, East Sepik Province was arrested and charged this afternoon by members of Task-Force Sweep for facilitating numerous illegal payments made to Paraka Lawyers. This is the second arrest concerning alleged illegal payments made to Paul Paraka Lawyers by Department of Finance. Mr Yafai was subject of a numerous controversies in the past and was previously charged by Police for fraud that he facilitated during his employment at Finance Department in July 2006. He was then suspended. However, Mr Yafai’s previous case was somehow struck out on 12 October 2006 followed by his subsequent reinstatement into the Finance Department. He continued to rise in ranks to FAS Accounting Frameworks and Standards Division until last year, when he was elevated to the position of Deputy Secretary -Operations, only to find him with fresh controversy surrounding the payments made to Paul Paraka Lawyers. In this case, it is alleged that Mr Yafai facilitated four separate transactions adding up to more than K41.8million to Paul Paraka Lawyers. In all of these payments, Mr Yafai approved as Section 31/Chief Financial Officer when he was just a caretaker Secretary in the absence of Mr Gibson who was the incumbent secretary. In one such instance, an amount of K8million was paid out of a non-cash (reserve) account. It is alleged that only Secretaries or Acting Secretaries have the substantial powers under the Public Finance Management Act to approve such payments, not those who temporarily fill in the shoes on caretaker basis. Investigations by Task-Force Sweep reveal that officers at Finance Department continued to pay Paul Paraka Lawyers since March 2007 in total defiance of two Supreme Court Stay Orders preventing any payment to that law firm. They did so by paying monies into eight (8) different law firms and a nominee company of Mr Paraka. Department of Finance even paid service providers of Paraka Lawyers directly on account of Paraka Lawyers. From the evidence available to Task-Force Sweep, the total amount paid since March 2007 has gone up to almost K300million. That amount excludes payments made to this law firm during the tenure of their brief out and prior to the Supreme Court stay orders. Many more heads will roll in the coming days. Meanwhile, Mr Paul Paraka has gone into hiding. He was invited by the Police Fraud Squad to come for an interview since more than a week ago but did not turn up. Anybody has information to his whereabouts; please report to the National Fraud Squad. Mr Yafai was charged with multiple counts of abuse of office, official corruption, misappropriation and conspiracy to defraud pursuant to the provisions of the Criminal Code Act. He was locked up at the Boroko Police cells awaiting bail. “As a matter of law, he is innocent until proven otherwise by a court of law.” Chairman of Task-Force Sweep, Mr Sam Koim said in a statement. ////////////////////////////////////////// Sam Bonners brother, Billy Bonner is the Officer Manager for Paraka Lawyers. Sonja Barry Ramoi Source: Now Sam Bonners story is this: Bonner was the Police Legal Officer who started the Paraka state legal brief out scam. He organised a lump of police related civil cases and through the office of the then Police Commissioner wrote to the Attorney General Francis Damem to brief out to Paraka Lawyers. When Bonner was dismissed from Police for trying to assist some Asians about to be deported, he joined Paraka Lawyers. After working for Paraka, he went on his own and started his firm. He also used his law firms trust account to launder Paraka payments from Finance. He is about to be arrested so his fighting his case as well as that of his client.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 21:09:36 +0000
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