Tag: PNG kidnappings
Marape praises security forces in daring kidnap, says lawnessness has ‘destroyed’...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape has commended Papua New Guinea's police, defence force and the local community for their quick...
Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG
PNG Post-Courier
A kidnapped Australian pilot of a Hevilift helicopter and two Papua New Guinean subcontractors have been released without harm following a rapid deployment...
PNG police report capture of alleged kidnapper of 17 girls in...
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
Papua New Guinea's police commissioner David Manning says a man allegedly involved in the kidnapping of 17 girls...
Tough new PNG police powers won’t work, says Transparency chief
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Papua New Guinea's amended Criminal Code Act will give police the power to deal with what they are...
‘We chose death over being raped’ – PNG kidnap survivor speaks...
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
A woman who was part of a group kidnapped in Papua...
