Source: Radio Australia

Non-government organisations in Papua New Guinea are calling for fraudulent leases issued for millions of hectares of traditional land, to be revoked.

Listen to the audio: NGO's call on PNG PM to revoke controversial land leases 

Yesterday Prime Minister Peter O'Neill told parliament that, of 42 Special Agriculatural and Business leases examined by a Commission of Enquiry, only four have the consent of landowners. The other 38, he said, are seriously compromised.

The Prime Minister said drastic action is needed and promised a new legislative framework for customary land conversion.

But he did not say what would happen to the fraudulent leases.

Presenter: Jemima Garrett

Speaker: Kenn Mondiai, Executive Director of Partners with Melanesians and former Chairman of the Eco-foresty Forum