KUMUL Petroleum Holdings Managing Director Wapu Sonk has stepped down as a board member for the PNG NRL team franchise.

A director within Papua New Guinea's newly formed NRL franchise stands down amid corruption concerns relating to business ...

The Australian government’s support was supposed to head off Chinese influence, but the suspect deal would have invited just that.

Wapu Sonk has stood down from the PNG NRL team board, but there is scrutiny on the country’s national oil company, which has ties with an Australian energy giant.

It comes as the ABC has unearthed details of the Australian business behind the project. The $1.8b road through pristine forest. In October, Australian company Epoca Group Ltd won the right to ...