Deal #3720

Local organisations, which claimed to be clan leaders/owners of the second and third pieces of land, had filed an interim injunction against the PNG Government and other defendants over the government's failure in obtaining the consent of the customary landowners prior to the issuance of the SABLs, which is a mandatory requirement of the SABL procedure. The PNG Government had chosen not to defend the suit, resulting in the SABLs over the land being rescinded.