Papua New Guinea Government Prefers To Buy 40 Maserati Cars While A New Polio Outbreak Is Happening

Photo: AirBridgeCargo Airlines have operated two consecutive charters with 40 brand new Maserati Quattroporte on board. (AirBridgeCargo Airlines)

ABC News Online: PNG government splurges on 40 Maseratis for APEC leaders as polio returns to the country

The Papua New Guinea government has sparked outrage after purchasing 40 custom-made Maserati cars — specially flown in from Italy — to be used by some of the world's top leaders during this year's APEC summit.

It has been revealed the PNG government plans to use the luxury cars for just one week of the APEC meeting, and then sell them off to recover the costs.

The Maserati Quattroporte sedans, which retail in Australia for between $209,000 and $345,000, were delivered to Port Moresby from Milan earlier this week in two chartered Boeing 747 cargo planes.

PNG's minister for APEC, Justin Tkatchenko, told the ABC that the APEC authority had paid for the fleet, which would be used by world leaders during the leaders' week in November.

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WNU Editor: It appears that image trumps combating a polio outbreak .... at least in Papua New Guinea.

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