Over the last five years, the Ministry of Finance has conducted tax audits on oil contractors which resulted in the discovery that it had been short-changed in many instances.

A spokesperson for the V Constitutional Government said these “tax return inconsistencies” will now be presented in the Dili District Court.

“This is not only about recovering funds but changing the way oil contractors do business in our state, in all developing states,” President of the Council of Ministers, Agio Pereira, said in a statement on Tuesday.

“We