[3] In 1997 villagers in Vaiusu fired on police in a dispute over alienation of customary land by the corporation.
[4] In 2012 the village of Satapuala petitioned for the return of its land, arguing that it had been stolen by the German and then New Zealand administrations.
[5] In 2013 a parliamentary committee found that the corporation had engaged in overspending and "corrupt practices" to disguise payments to a local businessman,[6] and recommended legal action against those responsible.
[7] In 2014 a parliamentary committee found that the Samoan government should not have transferred 18,500 acres (7,500 ha) of land to the corporation.
The building failed to find a tenant and sat empty for three years,[10] and in 2017 the corporation moved back in.