Mikail J – putting the Koim cart before the PMs horse.

By PNG Echo. In the National Court, yesterday, Justice Makail adjourned two motions that arose as a result of Sam Koim’s alleged contempt – when he published material about the Task Force Sweep’s case in contravention of a court order that expressly forbade him. The first motion asked the court to dismiss the entire judicial review into the disbanding of Task Force Sweep (the substantive matter) on account of the breach of the order while the second motion sought to have Sam Koim punished for the contempt. Justice Makail, in his wisdom, decided that the substantive matter should be heard Continue reading Mikail J – putting the Koim cart before the PMs horse.

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Koim in court

By PNG Echo In the Waigani Courts, yesterday, (Tuesday, 3 March 2016) a date was set for the substantive hearing into the disbanding of Task Force Sweep, but not before lawyers for the Prime Minister filed two motions against the Task Force Sweep (TFS) Chairman Sam Koim. Both motions arose out of the alleged contempt committed by Koim when he breached a 2014 court order by extensively publishing subjudice material. The 2014 court order restrained Koim from discussing the TFS case in any media forum. The Prime Minister’s first motion asked that the whole proceedings be summarily dismissed due to Continue reading Koim in court

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