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Damaru’s charges stayed: What irony, what blatant hypocrisy!

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By PNG Echo. Yesterday, Judge Polume heard an urgent application, ex parte (without the opposing parties) to stay the criminal charges recently levelled against Fraud Squad Officer, Matthew Damaru. Ostensibly, according to her ruling, this was to enable Damaru to continue with his policing duties. So what was stopping him, in the first place? According to the press release of the RPNGC immediately following the arrest: Mr Andrews [Deputy Police Commissioner] said whilst Mr Damaru is criminally charged for the alleged offences, he remains on active duty as Director NFACD and continues to perform his normal Constitutional Duties. So what Continue reading Damaru’s charges stayed: What irony, what blatant hypocrisy!→

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Oh the irony! Students breaking the law to insist on the rule of law.

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By PNG Echo. Let’s be blunt: the students – or the militant minority, have got exactly what they want. Page four of yesterday’s Post Courier foretold it all: According to reporter Nellie Setapano, an illegal forum had been overseen by Students’ Representative Council President, Kenneth Rapa and attended by less than 300 students where a strategy was formed to deliberately defy and provoke police. The stated aim of the militant ones was to get themselves arrested in order to gain public attention, sympathy and support. But even with this pitifully poor turnout, it was reported that a large number of Continue reading Oh the irony! Students breaking the law to insist on the rule of law.→

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