The trio from the Western Provincial Administration who were sentenced to ten years imprisonment will be applying for bail on Wednesday.
They are Western Governor, Ati Wobiro, former provincial administrator, Dr. Modowa Gumoi and local businessman, Norman May.
Their lawyer Goiye Gileng told Chief Justice, Sir Salamo Injia that the three will be using Section 11 of the Bail Act to apply for bail.
Section 11 of the Bail Act allows for persons already convicted or sentenced to prison to apply for bail.
Thus the convicted trio will be using this section to make submissions on their bail application.
The hearing went before Chief Justice, Sir Salamo Injia at 2pm today.
Lawyer representing them, Goiye Gileng said he was waiting for a hard copy of the judgement on their sentence and will be presenting affidavits on Wednesday.
The three men were found guilty by the National Court in Port Moresby for conspiracy to defraud the state and misappropriation of over K7 million.
The court found that the trio set up the Fly Care Foundation but did not account for the millions of kina that were invested into the foundation.
They were sentenced to four years imprisonment for conspiracy and 10 years for misappropriation.
However, further court orders were given for the three to service the sentence concurrently.
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Who ever is this Lawyer, is he out of his mind .How would you have separate law for those who are convicted and apply for bail.Stop this nonsense and let the court take the cause for justice. God bless.