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Papua New Guinea police confirmed two fatalities and arrested fifteen suspects following an illegal student demonstration and subsequent violent clashes in Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province.
Dignitaries and participants gathered to mark the successful conclusion of a pioneering cybersecurity incident response training program for the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary.
Acting provincial police commander Daniel Yangen met with the Porealin tribe in Wabag District to urge the surrender of illegal firearms and discouraged compensation payments for related incidents.
The government of Papua New Guinea will offer leniency to individuals who surrender illegal firearms, but those who fail to do so will face consequences. The Police Minister emphasized the importance of surrendering weapons.
Metropolitan Superintendent Warrick Simatab warned that law enforcement will not tolerate individuals or groups using weapons and public fear to advance their demands.
Police Commissioner David Manning has referred his own deputy to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) following allegations of misusing Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary funds.
The Papua New Guinea Police Commission has issued a stark warning to criminal groups in Madang province, promising intensified law enforcement operations to dismantle local syndicates. Authorities emphasized that gang activities will no longer be tolerated.
According to an Assistant Commissioner of Police, law enforcement in Papua New Guinea is struggling to combat crime effectively due to aging stations, inadequate housing, and limited resources. Police cannot sustain frontline operations indefinitely under such difficult conditions.
Authorities in Morobe province have arrested eleven suspects and formally charged six individuals following a dawn raid targeting the Operation Brukim Tulait criminal gang outside Lae.
Deputy Commissioner Samson Kua was arrested and formally charged by the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Port Moresby for alleged misconduct.
Papua New Guinea Police Minister Sir John Pundari declared that national security forces must never again be deployed to combat their own citizens, emphasizing a shift toward protective policing.
China is set to donate drones to assist police in Papua New Guinea's Highlands Region with tracking down illegal firearms, as authorities urge voluntary surrender of weapons.