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- ↑ "Adventists honoured on Queen's Birthday". Adventist Record. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ "Mr Popular: Deputy Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika". PNG Echo. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ "After 17 years, former PNG NPF chair convicted of fraud". RNZ. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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