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Former PNG PM Somare named as recipient in Singapore money laundering case.

A Singapore court has named Papua New Guinea's former Prime Minister and founding father Sir Michael Somare as the recipient of more than $1 million from a couple who laundered money meant for community colleges in PNG.

Sir Michael most recently served as prime minister between 2002 and 2011.

Key points:

• Singapore's State Court heard the pair transferred $1.04 million into Sir Michael's Singapore bank account
• PNG's anti-corruption squad said it had been working with Singaporean authorities
• Anti-corruption squad's funding was cut after making corruption allegations against PM O'Neill

Lim Ai Wah and her American husband Thomas Doerhman were sentenced to jail in Singapore yesterday after being convicted of falsification of accounts and transferring the benefits of criminal conduct.

The State Court heard the pair transferred $US784,000 ($1.04 million) into Sir Michael Somare's Singapore bank account in 2010, as part of an attempt to set up a number of community colleges in Papua New Guinea.

Sam Koim, the chairman of Papua New Guinea's anti-corruption squad Taskforce Sweep, said his team had been working with Singaporean authorities on the case.

"It's a case that we've been looking forward ...

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