https://asiapacificreport.nz/2023/07/18/png-killings-on-the-rise-as-madang-police-call-for-more-resources/ Independent Asia Pacific news and analysis Tue, 18 Jul 2023 22:04:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://asiapacificreport.nz/2023/07/18/png-killings-on-the-rise-as-madang-police-call-for-more-resources/#comment-21835 Tue, 18 Jul 2023 22:04:21 +0000 https://asiapacificreport.nz/?p=90771#comment-21835 In the past, Madang was so clean, famous, crime-free, and the home of many European visitors, colonisers, and migrants (Germans, British, Americans, and Japanese all left their mark on Madang). In Madang, the famed Russian anthropologist, humanist, biologist, and scientist Nicholai Nikolaevich Miklouho-Maclay lived with the Tui people while advocating for Indigenous Papuan rights to be free from European colonization. Local politicians steal all the money, the Chinese control all the businesses, and only a few Aussies run their businesses there. Locals have been abandoned on the streets, without jobs and without money. Despite the high presence of foreign influence, the local population of Madang has suffered greatly, left destitute with few opportunities for work or economic stability. This has created a level of desperation and despair among the local population, with many feeling powerless to fight back against the unfair circumstances they are faced with. Papua New Guinea’s central government and provincial governments must feel ashamed for what is happening in Madang.

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