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	Jerry Singirok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jerry Singirok was the commander of the defence forces of Papua New Guinea throughout the Sandline affair of 1997.
		Singirok was a career soldier who had risen through the ranks of the PNGDF, including a time as commander of the forces on Bougainville.
		Singirok also faced criminal sedition charges, stemming from his radio broadcast of March 17, 1997, stating that he had launched a military revolt to get the mercenaries out of the country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerry_Singirok (711 words)

	PM - Sandline crisis in PNG still resounding
		JERRY SINGIROK: This government has to be investigated of this corrupt deal with Sandline, okay, this corrupt deal with Sandline, and this government needs to explain and justify why it has suddenly engaged Sandline overnight.
		In response Jerry Singirok is seeking access to an amnesty, provisions that were inserted into PNG's constitution as a result of the Bougainville Peace Agreement.
		SHANE MCLEOD: Joseph Kabui believes Jerry Singirok's role in sparking the Sandline crisis should be recognised as a catalyst of the Bougainville conflict being brought to a peaceful end.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2003/s884848.htm (537 words)

	PM - Singirok cleared of sedition charge
		Seven years on, Jerry Singirok is not only officially in the clear for his actions, but some now hail him for triggering the process that eventually ended the conflict on Bougainville.
		But it was Jerry Singirok's radio broadcast that led to him being in court.
		Jerry Singirok, who says he'll be taking a break before perhaps pursuing a career in public life again, says he's happy his actions led to a positive outcome.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2004/s1057428.htm (575 words)

	Former PNG defence force commander cleared of sedition (3 Mar 04)
		The judge said General Singirok showed that he was desperate to put an end to the contract entered by the then government of PNG to kill innocent people.
		General Singirok said at that time he had three choices to make: to resign from office, take leave of office and the third, which he chose to do, was to evict Sandline International.
		General Jerry Singirok, the man whose actions led to the Sandline mercenaries being kicked out of Papua New Guinea, thanks God that his actions led to saving the lives of thousands of people on the island of Bougainville.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press274.htm (2747 words)

	The Head Heeb: End of the (sand)line
		The last echoes of the Sandline crisis were heard today in a Papua New Guinea courtroom with the acquittal of Jerry Singirok on charges of sedition.
		The case stems from the long-running conflict between the PNG government and the residents of Bougainville island.
		Singirok was charged with sedition based on his broadcast and, after a court rejected his contention that prosecution was barred by the peace accord, the case came to trial this week.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/022927.html (383 words)

	Cafe Pacific: Asia-Pacific Network: Truth
		Revelations in the Weekend Australian damaged the credibility of Singirok, the man who blew the whistle on the mercenary scandal and brought down the Chan government in the recent general election.
		Singirok's lawyer said it appeared the revelations were linked to a "vendetta" against the former general because of his action in blocking the Sandline deal.
		Singirok himself appealed to members of Parliament to not let the report affect their minds, and to refuse to support current coalition members in the new government and to press for a full investigation.
	www.asiapac.org.fj /cafepacific/resources/aspac/truth.html (596 words)

	Sandline International - reproduced article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Suspended Defence Force commander Major General Jerry Singirok was yesterday recommended for dismissal from the force for "one of the most serious breaches of the Leadership Code ever brought before any leadership tribunal".
		Justice Jalina passed the judgement on Maj Gen Singirok at the Waigani National Court yesterday afternoon on three counts of breaches of the Leadership Code in relation to secretly receiving K68,000 from a British-based arms dealer in the months leading to the Sandline crisis of 1997.
		Maj Gen Singirok had faced a total of five counts of breaches of the Leadership Code and was convicted of three counts of misconduct in office, all in relation to the arms dealer and his failure to notify the Ombudsman Commission of his alleged dealings.
	www.sandline.com /hotlinks/article1.html (623 words)

	Francis Ona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ona became the acknowledged leader of the BRA after the death of Serero in 1989 with Sam Kauona, a former soldier in the army leading military operations.
		The Papua New Guinea Government sent in the police and then the army under Jerry Singirok to quell the uprising but they were unable to do so.
		The island was placed under a State of Emergency under the control of the PNG Police Commissioner while there were increased complaints about human rights abuses by PNG forces which initially strengthened support for the BRA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis_Ona (932 words)

	The Militant - 9/15/97 -- New Gov't Does Not Quell Unrest In PNG
		Former brigadier general and PNGDF head Jerry Singirok, who led the March revolt, was to have been charged with "sedition" on July 29.
		During the revolt, Singirok was sacked as Defence Force commander by Chan.
		Jerry Wais, a student at the University of Papua New Guinea, a center of the anti-Chan protests, said, "Bill Skate told all the students that he would fight corruption, so we supported him.
	www.themilitant.com /1997/6131/6131_19.html (879 words)

	The Militant - 4/7/97 -- Australian Gov't Uses Mutiny To Intervene In Papua New Guinea
		Singirok made further allegations that Chan, a multimillionaire, was using the situation to further line his own pockets.
		While Singirok "accepted" his sacking and the appointment of his replacement -even intervening to prevent soldiers from blocking both moves - he continued to command the loyalty of his troops and remained in the commander's residence at Murray Barracks.
		On March 21, Singirok renewed his demands that Chan resign - this time by March 25, before Parliament sits again -and that a caretaker government be appointed until the elections, already set for June.
	www.themilitant.com /1997/6114/6114_6.html (1336 words)

	The PNGDF in Troubled Times
		With the reappointment of General Singirok in 1998, hopes were raised that the PGNDF would address the problems of discipline, capability and conditions to restore the force to its professional standing.
		The national government’s decision in 1996-97 to employ foreign mercenaries in a covert operation against the rebel leadership on Bougainville resulted in a ‘quasi-coup’, in which the PNGDF commander, Brigadier General Jerry Singirok, intervened to terminate the contract with Sandline International and call for the resignation of the prime minister and two of his colleagues.
		The reappointment of General Singirok in late 1998, under a new government, in the context of substantial improvement in the prospects for peace on Bougainville, has raised hopes in some quarters that the PNGDF is about to address the problems of discipline, capability and conditions, and restore its tarnished image as a professional force.
	epress.anu.edu.au /sspng/mobile_devices/ch10.html (2499 words)

	CNN - Military crisis ends in Papua New Guinea - March 18, 1997
		Singirok objected to Chan's use of mercenary soldiers to quell a secessionist rebellion on the island province of Bougainville.
		Singirok had ordered his troops to detain the mercenaries and stop cooperating with the government.
		Chan called Singirok's action one of the country's worst political crises, and said the general was "guilty of gross insubordination bordering on treason." Chan, who faces a national election in June, also speculated that Singirok had "a number of political agendas" in play.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9703/18/new.guinea (288 words)

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		Mr Malegepa told the inquiry that the K10 million was used by Mr Singirok to buy an automatic grenade launcher, three heavy mortar launchers and other light weapons from J S Franklin Pty Ltd while many of the essential operations that were needed on Bougainville were abandoned.
		He said that a copy of Mr Singirok's address to the nation on the radio and a letter to the Prime Minister were delivered to him by lawyer Peter Donigi at that meeting.
		Mr Nenta said he was not in a position to tell Mr Singirok of his attempt to withdraw his support because he feared the presence of security personnel at Murray Barracks and that Mr Singirok was obviously in control.
	www.blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/97pac/Bougainville_News_12-11-97 (1214 words)

	Australia implicated in PNG crisis
		Papua New Guinea Defence Force commander Brigadier-General Jerry Singirok precipitated an acute political crisis this week when he gave Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan a 48-hour deadline to resign over the government's plans to use mercenaries on Bougainville.
		With an election due in May, Singirok initially sought to exploit the widespread dissatisfaction with the Chan government in the military and among the PNG masses.
		Singirok would not have issued his challenge to Chan without encouragement and support from both inside and outside PNG.
	www.wsws.org /news/1997/mar1997/png-m21.shtml (974 words)

	Cafe Pacific: Asia-Pacific Network: Singirok
		Papua New Guinea's military commander, Brigadier-General Jerry Singirok, rebels against his government over the controversial mercenary force and gives Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan an ultimatum on talkback radio to resign within 48 hours.
		Singirok denied in his broadcast on a state-owned radio that he was staging a coup, although he called on the Governor-General and Chief Justice to appoint a caretaker government.
		Singirok said it was widely speculated that Sandline was using the Defence Force as a front and was equipping a private security company which belongs to Sir Julius Chan's family.
	www.asiapac.org.fj /cafepacific/resources/aspac/singirok.html (694 words)

	No military aid for PNG!
		PNGDF commander Jerry Singirok admitted that on July 2, soldiers armed with rockets and machine-guns aboard an Iroquois combat helicopter blasted a motorised canoe and killed six people as they attempted to leave the waters of the Solomon Islands.
		PNGDF commander Jerry Singirok went further and said the Iroquois were "very essential" to the offensive and that missiles and machine-guns would be fired from them if they were shot at by the BRA.
		Singirok confirmed that a patrol boat had entered the Solomon Islands on June 28 and opened fire and injured a Solomons police officer.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/1996/238/238p32.htm (1373 words)

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		Brigadier-General Jerry Singirok, MBE denies that he is promoting a de facto coup and, although he will challenge his dismissal, has asked the troops to support the replacement Commander of the PNGDF.
		In one of many paradoxes, General Singirok may be charged with sedition but has a constitutional defence that having argued in private against the use of mercenaries on Bougainville, he took public action to protect the Constitution.
		On Monday General Singirok said 'Those who assisted in the final stages of the contract still maintained that the contract had major flaws and should not be accepted by us...
	coombs.anu.edu.au /SpecialProj/PNG/htmls/Standish.html (1384 words)

	Pacific Islands
		Singirok says that what isn't generally known is that Sandline intended to attack the Solomon Islands as well as Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea, but has close geographic, cultural and historic links with the Solomon Islands.
		Now that the trial is over, Singirok says he wants to serve Papua New Guinea in the public or private sector since much public money was spent educating him to be an army officer and commander.
		Singirok is of mixed Madang and East Sepik parentage.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm42004/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0039 (892 words)

	Widespread opposition, defiance sink Chan's mercenary adventure
		Singirok demanded that Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan, his deputy Chris Haiveta and defence minister Mathias Ijape resign and a caretaker government rule until elections.
		Singirok's opposition to the mercenaries, support for an end to the Bougainville war and demand that the "corrupt" Chan government resign won immediate support from the students, workers and unemployed of Port Moresby.
		While Singirok's immediate motive was defence of his troops, it is clear that he was emboldened by the opposition to the mercenary plan from a significant section of PNG's elite.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/1997/268/268p3.htm (1634 words)

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		Long-standing relations were reviewed in the light of the strains which emerged over the Bougainville conflict, the PNG government's recruitment of the Sandline mercenary force and the subsequent revolt by former commander Jerry Singirok.
		He said Mr Singirok then explained his plans to them, and he was taken by surprise when Mr Nenta said he would support Mr Singirok.
		While Mr Singirok was alleged to have hit-listed senior officials who were against 'Operation Rausim Kwik', other senior officials and former politicians were frequenting the Flagstaff House, Mr Singirok's official residence during the peak of the crisis.
	www.blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/97pac/Bougainville_-_More_worrying_news_23-10-97_ (1627 words)

	Action in Solidiarty with Asia and the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Briton, whose Sandline mercenaries were expelled from PNG that year in a military-inspired protest led by Major General Jerry Singirok, this time has the full backing of the occupation authorities in Iraq.
		Former PNGDF commander Singirok told the discussion that the Sandline assault on Bougainville was due to take place in April 1997 had he not intervened to stop it.
		The very next month, Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan sacked Gen Singirok, for denouncing the contract with Sandline and arguing that the money would be better spent on his own troops, who were desperately underpaid and ill-equipped.
	www.asia-pacific-action.org /southpacific/news/thenational_sandline_160604.htm (706 words)

	Shooting a shame, says Singirok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Former Papua New Guinea’s Defence Force Commander, Jerry Singirok, has called for the suspension of the commander of the Defence Force and a high level investigation into the shooting of an Indonesian fishermen and wounding of others by PNG Defence Force soldiers near Vanimo.
		Gen Singirok said the troops did not exercise self constrain and discipline and lacked professional judgment which led to this most unfortunate incident.
		General Singirok said in the past all border operations along the international border there were no such incidents because the troops were well led, briefed and their needs met through proper chain of command from the hierarchy right down, he said.
	www.fijivillage.com /artman/publish/article_31899.shtml (282 words)

	Papua New Guinea Forum - Red Dot — 24 hours road side services for Port Moresby launched
		Founded by former PNG Defence Force Commander Jerry Singirok, the company consists of very qualified team which ranges from professional mechanics, IT professionals, well-trained security guards with well established networks within city areas and outside.
		The launched was commissioned by the Deputy Secretary for Department of Road Transport Lister Heni and witnessed by the management and staff of the Red Dot Services, and the representatives from several companies who supported their services.
		Mr Singirok highlighted that the company’s priorities were the safety of vehicle owner/driver, quick and reliable response and dispatch of service team to the site.
	www.pngbd.com /forum/printthread.php?t=10835 (482 words)

	Nation page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He said: “Mr Singirok was pivotal in engaging high-powered armories, guns, helicopters and tanks to intimidate my government in 1997”.
		Tribunal Chairman Judge Moses Jalina ruled that “the commander of the armed forces conducts himself in a way that brings his integrity into question, especially when bribes are accepted from foreigners, the people’s trust and confidence in their command is eroded”.
		Three counts of breaches of the leadership code were in relation to Mr Singirok secretly receiving K68,000 from the British arm dealer in the month leading up to the Sandline crisis in 1997.
	www.thenational.com.pg /0520/nation7.htm (353 words)

	Australia warned of terror threat in PNG - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
		Indonesian terrorists have an open door into PNG to target Australians and their mining and energy interests thanks to Canberra's push to slash the size of PNG's military, says the force's former commander.
		Retired Major-General Jerry Singirok, who in 1997 defied PNG's government and ousted Sandline mercenaries deployed to crush Bougainville secessionists, said the downsizing of the PNG military from more than 5,000 troops to 2,000 had crippled it.
		Singirok said Australia constantly accused the PNGDF of being a destabilising factor though the force had never threatened to take over the government.
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/Australia-warned-of-terror-threat-in-PNG/2006/07/19/1153166420345.html (419 words)

	Foot Soldiers of the New World Order: The Rise of the Corporate Military
		The shadowy corporate interests Of EO were responsible for turning Brigadier-General Singirok against the employment of mercenaries in Bougainville, an arrangement which he had participated in from the beginning.
		On 7 April 1996 Singirok and then PNG defence minister Mathias Ijape met with Tony Buckingham at the Cairns Hilton to initiate the negotiations.
		Singirok's travel expenses were being met at this time through an account set up by international arms and military hardware firm j&s Franklin, which has an extensive franchise throughout Africa, eastern Europe and Asia.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/sheppard.htm (4214 words)

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