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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Former Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says police charged him with perjury

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Former Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said police charged him on Monday with providing false evidence in an inquiry into a multi-million-dollar government loss on an investment deal.

O’Neill, who remains a lawmaker in the Pacific island nation’s parliament, denied the charges, which stem from when he was the government’s leader in 2014.

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