Retribution or reform?

By PNG Echo A Supreme Court ruling yesterday that granted an injunction against police arresting Finance Minister, James Marape, saw a full bench of the Supreme Court tacitly endorsing the new, National-Executive-Council-appointed Police Commissioner Geoffrey Vaki in their deliberations. Earlier this week, this time in the National Court, Justice Gavara-Nanu granted a permanent stay against the NEC order that disbanded the Task Force Sweep (TFS) and set up an Interim Office. The decisions solve nothing and create two investigation bodies (men) claiming court sanctioned legitimacy. The Police Commissioner does not agree with how Task Force Sweep has gone about prosecuting Continue reading Retribution or reform?

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Magistrate Pindipia detained by fraud squad

By PNG Echo. Port Moresby, 30 July: 10:54 pm Magistrate Pindipia was tonight picked up by police from Appollo Restaurant, East Boroko, and taken to Fraud Squad Headquarters where he is detained and being questioned in relation to a document that ordered the release of Paul Paraka who, until the production of the controversial document, was in police custody on charges relating to a K242 million fraud. The document that facilitated Mr Paraka’s premature release emanated from Mr Pindipia and is regarded by the investigating authorities as “highly inappropriate.” Furthermore, a police spokesperson said that it is suspected that such Continue reading Magistrate Pindipia detained by fraud squad

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