Madang Provincial Administrator, Bernard Lange, is still refusing to speak about the widespread corruption within his administration or to cooperate with authorities wanting to take action.
The Minutes from the April 2012 meeting of the Provincial Audit Committee reveals the breadth of the corruption that Lange is presiding over.
Download the Minutes: Minutes Madang PAC 25-4-12 (1.5mb)
The April meeting, which neither Lange or his Provincial Treasurer, Soten Uriah, bothered to attend (as is usual), discussed among other issues:
- ‘Irrefutable evidence of fraud’ in the construction of Dalep market
- Unacquitted cash and travel advances;
- RESI funds misappropriation and ‘clear fraud’;
- Investigation of potential fraud involving Pena and Associates;
- Fraud by Tony Dalton as Collector of Public Monies
- High levels of absenteeism in the office of the Internal Auditor;
- Failure of Divisional Heads to attend Audit Committee meetings;
- Complete lack of accounting records for the Madang Development Committee and no records of proceeds from K700,000 land sale
- Lack of an assets register in the Provincial Works Department
- Purchase of over 200 two-way radios by the Health Division that were never used for there intended purpose
- Cash advance cheque that was cashed by a third-party
A number of these matters have now been referred to the Provincial Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Sylvester Kalaut, for investigation
