Recent lease cancellations in PNG prompts call for action on SABLs
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 18/09/2015 - 12:41Source: Pacific Beat, ABC
Activists in Papua New Guinea say the cancellation of two leases in Port Moresby highlights the government's inaction in scrapping other controversial leases covering millions of hectares of customary land.
Last week the Secretary of the Lands Department cancelled two leases over Ela Beach after the local MP publicly alleged they'd been obtained corruptly - a claim disputed by the lease holder.