MP’s wife claims misappropriation charges unfounded

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MP’s wife claims misappropriation charges unfounded

PORT MORESBY: Tambul-Nebilyer MP Win Bakri Daki’s wife has asked a committal court in Waigani to dismiss her misappropriation and stealing charges, saying that it was falsely laid against her and had no proof to support it.

Esther Daki’s lawyer Nellie Kepo said the evidence in the police file did not meet the elements of the charge against Daki because the K4.2 million which was alleged to have been misappropriated was still in the company’s account.

The court proceedings were reported by The National:

MP’s wife says charges unfounded

November 17, 2022The NationalNational

By BEVERLY PETER
TAMBUL-Nebilyer MP Win Bakri Daki’s wife Esther Daki has asked a court to dismiss her misappropriation and stealing charges saying that it was falsely laid against her and had no proof to support it.
Esther Daki’s lawyer Nellie Kepo said the evidence in the police file did not meet the elements of the charge against her client because the K4.2 million which was alleged to have been misappropriated was still in the company’s account.
She said this during her submission on evidence before magistrate Danny Wakikura in the Waigani Committal Court yesterday.
“Although the money was transferred from the Weklem Ltd company’s account to her account, Esther did not withdraw any amount for her personal use,” she said.
Kepo added that it was not possible for Esther to withdraw money from the company’s account by herself because she and Win were both the signatories of the accounts.”
She said there was evidence that Win had already recouped K3.035 million from her client’s account with K1.165 million yet to be recouped.
She said that all account transactions totalling up to K4.2 million as alleged by police were never done without Win’s knowledge and approval.
Kepo said police had not established the elements of the misappropriation charge against Esther because she was transparent in her conduct of transferring or using the money for anything other than its intended purpose.
Police prosecutor Senior Sergeant John Wemuru objected saying there was enough evidence before the court to rule on.
“There is no issues with how they deal with their business because they are married and have children,” he said.
“The allegation before the court was that the transaction was done without authorisation by the company’s owner who is the complaint.”

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