Opposition Leader, Joseph Lelang, has praised the Australian authorities over the arrest of a Chinese woman allegedly involved in a drug smuggling plot which hit the headlines of ‘The National paper, dated 24 March 2023’. The lady’s apprehension has also revealed her linkages to business interests associated with certain political figures in Papua New Guinea. Lelang has now called on the Australian Federal Police to work with the Royal PNG Constabulary and Interpol to conduct more investigations into the transnational crime associated with the lady and awarding of contracts using Australian aid money for asylum projects and incidences of other transnational crimes. In addition, Lelang’s call are in line with serious allegations publicly raised by ‘Whistle Blowers; in the Australian Newspaper, ‘The Guardian’, late last year in which a statement called for the government to investigate the allegations on the massive abuse of Australian tax payer’s money earmarked for refugee upkeep in PNG under the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRA). “I don’t know why PNG authorities have not dealt with this matter, but I thank the Australian authorities for the breakthrough in the investigations and ask that you extend the net into PNG as well.”