SOLOMON IS: Former Finance Minister jailed for official corruption

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Updated May 23, 2007 10:52:07

A former Solomon Islands Finance Minister has lost his parliamentary seat after being sentenced to 20 months in jail for official corruption. The Honiara Magistrates Court found Francis Zama guilty of corruptly obtaining about four-thousand US dollars in duty exemptions when he was finance minister under the former Kemakeza government. The Magistrate has already reduced Zama's sentence from 24 months, but he's currently out on bail pending his appeal.

Presenter: Sam Seke
Speakers: Evan Wasuka, Honiara correspondent

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