BY LORETTA B MANELE
An incident that took place this month at Tenaru area involving RPNGC (Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary) officers has been dealt with the “Melanesian way”, says RSIPF Police Commissioner, Ian Vaevaso.
Just two weeks into the job, the commissioner held his first police press conference for the media at the Rove Police Headquarters yesterday.
In-Depth Solomons asked the commissioner if he was aware about an incident that happened this month at Tenaru which allegedly involved RPNGC officers using curse words and threatening the community with firearms before fleeing the scene.
The police commissioner said he was fully aware of the incident and it was reported to him from the RPNGC Commander who had told him about what happened.
He said he and RPNGC Commander had a serious discussion about.
Vaevaso said the commander had made inquires about the incident and a report about it is still yet to reach him.
“So, we were assured that those reports will come to tell us what the circumstances are around this incident,” he said.
Vaevaso said from their discussion, the commander had already taken the appropriate steps to disarm those involved and to have them stand down from their jobs until their scheduled flights to go back and to be dealt with in their courts.
He then said that for this matter, the victims and RPNGC officers involved wanted to deal with it outside of the court through our Melanesian culture.
“So, the RPNGC officers involved apologised and paid compensation to the victims to resolve the issue and restored the relationship they had with them.
“I was satisfied with what actions has been taken and this is something for me and my colleague the RPNGC Commissioner to discuss about,” he said.
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