Namah said this in his personal explanation to Parliament last Friday.
“I have declared all my business interests to the Ombudsman Commission and I hide no secrets,” he said.
He strongly denied owning properties in Samoa and threatened to sue The National and Samoa Observer newspapers for defamation.
Launching a strong attack on the two newspapers, Namah also took on Deputy Opposition leader Bart Philemon, saying he would “fix” Philemon outside.
He was then asked to withdraw the remarks after Philemon interjected to the chair about the nature of the threat. Namah said he had instructed his lawyers to start legal proceedings against the two papers.
Namah denied owning properties in Samoa but admitted he was merely facilitating an investment arrangement between one of his overseas business partners and his local Samoan partner.
“I stand tall and proud and I hide no secrets,” he said. “Before I became an MP, I was already into the multi-billion-dollar business of logging,” he said.
