"Neither they nor their families will henceforth be allowed to enter the US, according to the statement. The Trump Administration will not allow foreign public officials to steal from U.S. taxpayers or threaten U.S. interests, State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott wrote on social media. The State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) also posted its support for the sanctions."
"In both cases, the US credited the politicians' actions with allowing the expansion of Chinese interests in the Pacific region. The State Department alleged that Baules took bribes in exchange for supporting Chinese interests in Palau, an island in Micronesia that is the 16th smallest country in the world. His actions constituted significant corruption and adversely affected U.S. interests in Palau, the US said in its statement."
"Jibas, meanwhile, stands accused of orchestrating and financially benefitting from schemes to misuse the Bikini Resettlement Trust, a US-backed fund designed to compensate those negatively affected by nuclear bomb testing on the Bikini Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands. The trust was worth nearly $59m in 2017, when the first Trump administration decided to hand control of the main resettlement fund to local authorities and relinquish its authority to"
United States authorities sanctioned Hokkons Baules of Palau and Anderson Jibas of the Marshall Islands for significant corruption and barred them and their families from entering the US. The State Department said Baules took bribes to support Chinese interests in Palau, undermining US interests in that Pacific nation. The department accused Jibas of orchestrating schemes to misuse the Bikini Resettlement Trust, a US-backed fund compensating victims of nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll. The trust was worth nearly $59 million in 2017 when the Trump administration handed control of the main resettlement fund to local authorities.
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