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Stop press, stop press – Where’s Wartoto now?

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By PNG Echo Eremas Wartoto, has today (December 23rd) been seen Christmas shopping with his family at Mt Sheridan Shopping Centre in Cairns, Australia. Wartoto has been charged with the misappropriation of millions of kina and is out on bail awaiting trial. All I have to say is those are pretty loose bail terms for one who hid in plain sight in Cairns for months – unable to travel back to PNG to face the charges he knew were awaiting him because of illness.  Seems the illness only affects him going to PNG and not away from there.

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Rausim: Detention Centre at Manus Island

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By PNG Echo While PNG Echo strives to provide its readers with original content, in this instance, I feel that this letter from Amnesty International is worthy of compromising that position. The letter asks for help to spread the message – as the situation is disgusting (you wouldn’t treat an animal as badly), how can one refuse?  From the tone of the letter, the situation is also urgent! This detention centre on Manus is to Australia’s abiding shame and by default PNG’s also. PNG does not need to adopt another country’s problems nor to contribute to the misery of the Continue reading Rausim: Detention Centre at Manus Island→

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