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Fund swindled Inquiry finds managers guilty of mismanagement MILLIONS of kina belonging to over 38,000 unit holders of the Investment Corporation of PNG were mismanaged by those who managed or controlled the funds, an inquiry has found.

Highway blues... Komperi villagers (right) monitoring the movement of passengers on the segment of the Highlands Highway at Henganofi district in the Eastern Highlands. The villagers put up the road block which consisted of fallen trees and old motor vehicles, to protest against the Government’s failure to pay them compensation. The sign in the photograph reads: ‘Baim na opim, Niggints kam opim’ (Pay and open, Niggints come and open), a message directed at Works secretary Alphonse Niggints. Enlarge image
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