Day: January 3, 2022
Torture perpetrators will not run away: Onglo
By LULU MARK POLICE will continue to investigate until all the perpetrators of the recent sorcery accusation related violence (Sarv) in Southern Highlands and Enga are rounded up, Police Minister […]
Police arrest man over death
POLICE have arrested a man for a murder in the Gegerobi Compound in Lae on Saturday, Lae metropolitan commander Chief Supt Chris Kunyanban says. “The murder was alcohol-related,” he said. […]
Cop: Traffic offences rising
THE number of traffic offences in the National Capital District (NCD) is rising and this is a concern for a growing city, a senior police officer says. “Statistics from the […]
Poor facilities force prisoners to return home
SEVEN Indonesians who illegally crossed the border into Papua New Guinea waters in Western to fish will be released to return to their country as local police facilities are inadequate […]
Most fights caused by drunkards: Police
MOST of the fights reported in Madang are caused by drunkards, Madang police commander Acting Supt Mazuc Rubiang says. “Police were able to contain the situation with the drunkards being […]
Tommy Baker shot dead
By MIRIAM ZARRIGA PAPUA New Guinea (PNG)’s most wanted criminal – Tommy Maeva Baker – was shot dead by police in Milne Bay’s Alotau on Thursday night. A policeman was […]
Tommy Baker’s gang timeline
June 25 Tommy Maeva Baker a.k.a Allah, Kobare and Doboro led a gang to rob workers of a supermarket outside Westpac Bank and fled with K150,000; July 8 InterOil […]
‘Cowardly act’ earns soldier 2yrs
By SCHOLAR KASSAS A JUDGE has jailed a Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) officer for two years with hard labour for assault causing bodily harm to his partner over […]
Judge: Board erred in law by refusing parole for prisoner
By CLARISSA MOI JUSTICE David Cannings says refusal of parole on the grounds that one is not eligible is a denial of a prisoner’s rights. “Every prisoner has the right […]
Toropo remains head of PNGDF
MAJOR-GENERAL Gilbert Toropo will remain as head of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force after he obtained a stay order in the National Court in Waigani on Friday. Acting Judge […]