Buses strike over death

PORT Moresby buses went on strike yesterday in protest over an alleged police shooting of a bus driver last Friday.
Buses stayed off the road whole day yesterday, affecting workers and school children who were forced to leave work and school early to walk home.
The bus driver, who had died at Port Moresby General Hospital yesterday, was allegedly shot by police at Manu Auto Port.
He is Jesse Gini Ambu, from Palnol village in the Tambul Nebilyer, Western Highlands.
He is married with a son, Jesse was 23-years-old.
Jesse’s brother, lawyer Tony Kua told The National that Jesse passed on at around 8pm.
“He sustained fatal injuries from gunshot wounds to his back.
“The pellets did not exit his body.
“He passed on allegedly from excessive loss of blood,” Kua said.
“As relatives, we condemned the act of the alleged police officer.
“The responsible officer must be brought to justice.
“We did not call for the halt to the PMV transport system yesterday in Port Moresby.”
He said bus drivers took advantage of the situation by going on strike.
The family called on National Capital District
Metropolitan Supt Silva Sika and the police hierarchy to ensure the perpetrator be brought to justice.
“We placed our brother’s body in the morgue and are waiting for police directions to repatriate the body to Western Highlands,” he said.
NCD Metsup Silva Sika assured disgruntled bus drivers at Unagi oval yesterday that police will get to the bottom of it. “If the alleged police officer is at fault, there is a process and we will follow the law.
“You are providers of a very important service to the majority of city residents,” he said.