Court-ousted Kandep MP Don Polye has welcomed the arrest and charges against him, saying the independent investigations by Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) must go on.
“I fully respect the process and I will abide by it,” Mr Polye said shortly after being released from the Boroko police station lockup after posting an hefty K50,000 court bail.
His lawyer Edward Sasingian of Sasingian Lawyers managed to apply for bail and have Mr Polye released around 10pm.
Polye is facing misappropriation charges of over K1.7 million around the time he was the Minister for Higher Education and Sports.
Police alleged that Polye, through the PNG Sports Foundation, had engaged a company of his wife to procure sporting equipments for the PNG Games.
Four separate payments were made totalling K1,757,849 44 between January 2, 2024 and May 3, 2024. The monies were paid to a company called Karma Investments Limited, purportedly for the supply of sporting equipment and other infrastructures for the purpose of the games.
However, police alleged that the funds were put to own use, way outside of its intended purposes.
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