Cops still free, dad claims

POLICE commanders and supervisors must be responsible for their officers’ actions, a senior constable says.
While son Samuel, 21, was recovering well at home, Senior Constable Benjamin Naraboi was questioning why the four policemen who were charged with attempted murder on his son, were still on duty, according to eyewitnesses.
Naraboi told The National, such actions by the four should not have been taken lightly by their commanders and supervisors.
“Administrative actions should have been taken on the four by their commanders and supervisors,” he said.
As a police officer, who had served in the force for nearly 27 years, he understood that officers who were charged with murder, could not walk freely, unless they were cleared by the courts.
The National understood that although both Samuel and William Michael had been discharged from the hospital and were now recovering from home, the injuries sustained during the incident would take some time to heal.
From both their mothers, Samuel was without part of his skull and William whose X-ray results showed a broken jaw bone that would take up to eight weeks for the braces inserted by doctors from the University of Papua New Guinea’s medical faculty dental clinic to be removed.
“He gets dizzy from time-to-time and we have been very careful with his diet,” Samuel’s mother Regina Naraboi said.
“We want him to regain his strength before his next surgery.”
William’s mother Judy Michael told The National, although doctors had advised her son to remain at home until he had fully recovered, he still wanted to attend classes at the university.
“He withdrew from studies last year when his father passed away and is now determined to go back and finish his studies,” she said.
Both boys were on medication, according to their parents, but they would still go for their medical reviews on the dates set by their doctors. Apart from recovering, both families were still assisting police who were conducting investigations on the case.
Chief Inspector of police Charles Winuan and his team who were working on collecting more facts and evidence on the case, told The National that investigations would continue until all those who had been involved were identified and charged. “Once the medical reports of both boys are out, it would confirm all the grievous bodily harm on the boys,” Winuan said.