Enga gun smuggling under probe

By ANTOINETTE POIVI
ENGA police commander Chief Supt Fred Yakasa has put together a team to investigate those funding and supplying weapons and ammunition to Enga.
“We have enough information to progress with investigations,” he said.
“The peace agreement will not stop the ongoing investigations. People who are fighting need strength to go fighting and someone is funding all these.”
Yakasa said a few persons of interests had been brought in for questioning.
He added that the three-month ceasefire agreement signed on March 13 in Port Moresby “must be for eternity”.
“It doesn’t mean that the agreement is only for three months, and that you start fighting after that,” Yakasa said. “After the third month, I will have some consultation with the leaders to understand how they are going in terms of understanding the ceasefire.”
On whether the plans for humanitarian relief had already been implemented, he said United Nations representatives were assisting in Enga.
“In the next couple of days or weeks, the plans on the humanitarian relief will take place,” he said.
“They will have to strategise on how this will be delivered because all the areas that we are talking about are all tribal conflict areas.”
He added that they would also look into the availability of funds, and the assistance to be delivered.
“We made it very clear that the relief assistance will carry on.”