In this edition:

The details of several Papua New Guinean politicians and their family members, as well as bureaucrats and church leaders, have been circulated by a global Chinese database, which one PNG leader describes as frightening; After resigning as Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa tells Pacific Beat she fears her country is "sliding away from the rule of law"; Papua New Guinea celebrates 45 years of independence despite the global pandemic and, whilst mourning the death of one of the country's veteran politicians, Nahau Rooney, who died on Independence Day eve; After 17-year-old Samoan/Cook Islander Jawsh 685's song Laxed (Siren Beat) went viral on TikTok, he's had to balance his final year of school with a fight with the music industry to get credit and recognition for his beat that was picked up by megastar Jason Derulo.