Officers to oversee supply distribution

POLICE in Mendi have been called in to monitor the distribution of earthquake relief supplies after fights among villagers collecting supplies.
Mendi police station commander Gedion Kauke said there had been issues and they wanted officers present to ensure supplies were distributed fairly.
“We have people from different villages coming in to the relief centres and supplies were not distributed equally,” he said.
“We had some fights, so we decided to have officers in the relief centres to ensure that relief supplies were distributed equally.”
Kauke said roads had been cleared and relief supplies were reaching places previously not reached.