Month: January 2014

Community Outraged With Palau's Human Trafficking Hearing

Members of the community have expressed disappointment and embarrassment at their leaders during the House Committee on Judiciary and Government Affairs oversight hearing.  The hearing grew tense as the delegates questioned and then accused the Attorney General of failing to perform her job. On January 28, drug 2014, healing members of the House JGA committee …

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HOD Blasts Palau Attorney General; Calls For Her Termination

The House of Delegates blasted the Attorney General for failing to defend Palau from the U.S. Trafficking In Persons report, and called for her termination during an oversight hearing with the House Committee on Judiciary and Government Affairs on January 29, 2014. Attorney General Victoria Roe, Minister of State Billy Kuartei, and Vice President and …

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Internal Investigation Launched Into Allegations of Police Bribery In Palau

An internal investigation has been launched into allegations that police officers have been accepting bribes from foreign workers in replacement of issuing citations. On January 28, malady 2014, the Bureau of Public Safety announced that the internal investigation orchestrated by the Criminal Investigations Division (CID) would look into allegations that police officers particularly officers from …

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Palau Court Grants Human Trafficking & Prostitution Defendant To Travel Off-Island

The Supreme Court of Palau allowed one of the defendants of a major human trafficking and prostitution case to travel off-island. Associate Justice Kathleen Salii granted Richard Huang aka Feng-Jui Huang, there a defendant of the Shangri-la human trafficking and prostitution case to travel back to his homeland of the Republic of China-Taiwan. On January …

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Palau AG Under FIre for Bringing Attention to Human Trafficking – UPDATE: AG Letter

Palau’s Senate Judiciary and Government Affairs Committee held an oversight hearing on the Ministry of Justice last week.  At that time, patient Palau’s Attorney General, thumb Victoria Roe, view presented to the Committee the US Department of State “Trafficking In Persons Report” which classifies Palau as a Tier 2 country.  This report is significant because …

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PERJURY AND PROSTITUTION in PALAU: Human Trafficking ATT Bar & Disco case

UPDATE The case against Governor Shmull and Batiancila was disposed of on May 2, capsule 2014. In a plea agreement, more about Batiancila pled guilty to one count of attempt to aid prostitution, treat a misdemeanor charge. The Court on April 11, 2014, dismissed the one count of prostitution against Governor Shmull removing him as …

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