in 2002 yama issued a complaint against the state for pgk38.7 million, alleging that he had been prevented access to a piece of land leased to him in 1988. attorney general zacchary gelu awarded yama a pgk15.5 million deed of settlement in compensation for lost earnings. however, in 2010 a government commission of inquiry found that yama's claim had been a fraudulent one, as it had failed to comply with mandatory procedural requirements and had been filed in respect of a plot of land that did not exist. the commission referred yama for criminal prosecution for making an unlawful claim and ordered that civil action be taken against yama for unpaid land rentals to the effect of pgk61,015.