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PNG Opp leader bans media

PNG opposition leader says he will no longer give interviews to mainstream media and will instead rely on social networking to get his message across

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Papua New Guinea's opposition leader says he will no longer give interviews to mainstream media and will instead rely on social networking to get his message across.

Belden Namah this week told reporters in Port Moresby he no longer trusted traditional media outlets to give him a fair hearing.

"As of (Wednesday) onwards if I have any issues, I am going to hold my press conferences with social media," Mr Namah said.

"Because the newspapers won't run my stories, I'm going to print my own newspapers and distribute them on the street.

"And I want Peter O'Neill to come and stop me."

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Mr Namah has made a series of allegations of corruption about Prime Minister Peter O'Neill since the pair severed political ties during the 2012 election.

Before becoming opposition leader Mr Namah was Mr O'Neill's deputy Prime Minister.

Mr Namah also told the ABC's Pacific Beat on Tuesday he was planning on suing The National newspaper after it ran a front page story titled "Namah behind the sale of land".

Mr Namah denies he did anything illegal when he approved the sale of a plot of state-owned land when he was deputy prime minister and said he was acting in compliance with a court order.

"I've instructed my lawyers, they have written to the National Newspaper for defamation of character," he said.


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