BRIEF: Moti Inquiry Report Released

PNG Prime Minister Michael Somare has released the Moti inquiry report to Defense Minister, Bob Dadae, who will bring it to the Defense Council to discuss and decide where and whether action needs to be taken in response.  Dadae was never involved or implicated in the inquiry.

Dadae has requested that those parties interest in the final inquiry report refrain from commenting until he and the Defense Council have determined the next step.

For more information, please see:

Pacific Islands Report (The National) - Somare releases Moti report to PNG Defense Minister - 28 September 2007

For background on the Moti affair, please see the Impunity Watch reports on Moti's appointment, PNG government involvement in Moti's escape, the Vanuatu case status, Australia's extradition attempt and the missing PNG inquiry report, PNG court refusal to suppress the inquiry report, and Moti's fear of assassination attempts.