Noah Musingku

The ABG has yet to prosecute him due to the potential for further political instability and because they lack armed forces, while Musingku has a small bodyguard of Fijian mercenaries.

This mine, owned by the PNG government and Bougainville Copper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group, was established under Australian aegis.

[9] A Unilateral Declaration of Independence was made on 17 May 1990, but Australian and New Zealand-brokered peace talks tended to ignore this fact.

In 1997, seven years after the unilateral declaration of independence, the Bougainville Revolutionary Army was in control of the island, but its leadership split into factions.

He began again to set up his system, but the Australian police in the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) forced him out.

Two years later he was able to travel to his ancestral village of Tonu, where he established his bank headquarters in an old cattle farm owned by the paramount chief.

[citation needed] Musingku has compared his life and mission to that of Biblical saviors Noah, Moses or Jesus Christ.

[14][15] He said that this Fijian security force had been hand selected "mostly Born-Again Christians with overseas experience in Iraq and other areas".