Tag: Police inquiry
50 missing PNG ballot boxes spark ‘failed’ election warning in Enga
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police have warned opposing candidates to return 50 missing ballot boxes for the Lagaip electorate in...
PNG woman accused of selling her cousin, 12, for sex faces...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinean woman who allegedly sold her cousin sister -- confirmed to be aged only 12 --...
PNG teacher helpless as vandals fire ravages Takubar classrooms
By Poreni Umau in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Women wept among the smoking remains of melting water tanks, hot corrugated iron and the fresh smell...
The man who kicked the hornet’s nest – focus on the...
ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis, Knightly Views columnist
Sometime this week Newsroom co-editor Mark Jennings is due to be interviewed under caution by the New Zealand...
NZ police had no dedicated team to scan internet before mosque...
By Phil Pennington, RNZ News reporter
It took seven months for the New Zealand police to set up their first team for scanning the internet...
Samoa Observer: AG should investigate her own management
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer Editorial Board
In the past month, we have made a new pen pal: the Attorney-General of Samoa, no less, Savalenoa...
PNG police minister says officers being probed for gun-smuggling, fraud
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby
Retired and serving police officers in Papua New Guinea are being investigated for alleged offences such as gun-smuggling, fraud...
Four Papua New Guineans arrested in cocaine for Australia plot
Police Commissioner David Manning's media conference yesterday about the K200 million drug heist. Video: Loop PNG
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papuan New Guinea's massive drug haul...
Bryan Kramer: Background to the massive PNG drug heist and probe
By Bryan Kramer, Papua New Guinea's Minister of Police
Assistant Commissioner Lesa Gale of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) staged a press conference to announce...
Call for PNG police and courts to work closely with media...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's police and courts must work closely with media for transparency to inform the public on the daily investigation...
‘Thuggish-like’ police tactics disrupting USP education, says opposition NFP
By Nasik Swami in Suva
The Fiji police “thuggish-like” tactics against the University of the South Pacific staff members and students is disrupting education of...
Critics accuse Fiji police of harassing USP staff in ‘solidarity’ probe
By Wansolwara staff
Critics have condemned Fiji police harassment and intimidation for summoning two staff members at the University of the South Pacific’s Laucala campus...
PNG police investigate cellphone death threats against Lae city chief
By Jeremy Mogi in Lae
Papua New Guinea police are investigating death threats against Lae City Authorit chief executive Neil Ellery.
The threats were sent by...