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SYDNEY — Papua New Guinea’s influential petroleum minister has been charged with assault following a “home dispute” close to Sydney’s famed Bondi Seashore, Australian police stated Sunday.
Jimmy Maladina, a vital participant in ongoing worldwide negotiations over a profitable pure fuel venture, was arrested on Saturday morning.
Police stated they discovered a “31-year-old lady with facial accidents” after they have been known as to an handle close to Bondi, allegedly sustained in an “altercation” with Maladina.
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Maladina is listed to look in a Sydney court docket on Thursday, court docket paperwork present, and has been charged with “assault occasioning precise bodily hurt”.
The 58-year-old stated in a press release he was “dedicated to dealing with this example with integrity and transparency”.
Papua New Guinea’s huge and untapped deposits of pure fuel have attracted appreciable curiosity from overseas prospectors.
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