Use money wisely: Border cop

By ANTOINETTE POIVI
ASSISTANT police commissioner, border, Peter Philip has urged people in East Sepik to put their money into better use than spending it on alcohol.
He said a lot of the youths were drinking alcohol and causing problems.
“With increase of cocoa prices and our people earning money from it, we’re also receiving a lot of cases of holdups and wounding by knife,” he said.
“East Sepik alone is a blessed province because we have the projects and cash crops that has brought money to make life easier for our village people.”
Philip appealed to the people to save their money or do or build something good for themselves such as investing in education.
“Spending a lot of money on alcohol and illicit drugs is not a way to enjoy life. There are better things to do than drinking.
“A lot of these illegal activities will create problems in communities, resulting in fighting and lives lost.
“People must respect the law and abide by it. Police can’t be everywhere at the same time.”
Dagua local level government president Alois Walsamis said the prime suspect in the alleged murder of a man from Makopin on Saturday had been handed over to police. Three remain at large.
East Sepik Governor Allan Bird said law and order issues stemmed from drinking.
“This has been the case for many years. The disturbing new trend is that instead of reporting to the police, our people are now taking law and order into their own hands.
“Also burning homes is a recent development as well.”
He said people needed to allow the law and justice sector to do its work.
“Mr Walter Kowor, who was killed in this fight, is an outspoken community leader who is well known.
“His killing is quite a shock to me because his loss in this area makes it even more difficult to restore peace. He is one of the locals who leads his community in resolving such disputes,” Bird told The National.