Anti-corruption investigators in Papua New Guinea have cleared the Prime Minister Peter O'Neill of any involvement in the alleged illegal payments to a law firm.
The investigations into how 28 million US dollars was directed from government coffers to Paul Paraka Lawyers implicated Mr O'Neill, the treasurer Don Polye, the finance minister James Marape, a former finance secretary Steven Gibson and others.
The Chairman of Task Force Sweep told the newspaper, The National, the team found the letter bearing the signature of the prime minister did not originate from his office and investigators have no case to pursue against him.
Sam Koim says the investigation found that even if Mr O'Neill had written the letter, the departments of finance, treasury and justice would have approved the expenditure.
