Politics of Palau controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1998
Offshore-finance controversy
Plans to develop Palau as an offshore financial center drew criticism from opponents who feared the country could become associated with money laundering and other illicit financial activity.
1988
Bribery allegations surrounding Lazarus Salii
President Lazarus Salii died by suicide in August 1988 amid bribery allegations. The period also involved the imprisonment of his personal assistant following a shooting-related conviction.
1985
Assassination of President Haruo I. Remeliik
The assassination of Palau's first president was one of the most serious episodes of political violence in the country's early constitutional period. The Minister of State was subsequently found to have been complicit.