Tag Archives: Prime Minister

O’Neill aggrieved, says Judge – arrest warrant stayed.

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By PNG Echo National Courts, Waigani, 18 July, 2014 The current arrest warrant on Prime Minister, O’Neill, has been stayed pending the hearing and determination of a Supreme Court reference. This morning, Justice Gavara-Nanu after hearing arguments on behalf of the State, the Police and the Prime Minister, granted leave for Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill to judicially review the decision of the Chief Magistrate. The Chief Magistrate, in an earlier decision in the District Court, had refused an application to allow Police Commissioner Vaki to withdraw the arrest warrant against the Prime Minister.

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No sense of irony: ACP Thomas Eluh (suspended)

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By PNG Echo The suspended senior police officer, Thomas Eluh, has released a media statement that cautions that the “[m]edia is not the right forum to discuss PM’s guilt or innocence.” True enough, but Mr. Eluh’s media statement says so much more. And, clearly, Mr Eluh sees no irony in a media release that attempts to censor the media – issued by someone with absolutely no authority. The purpose of media release is to give the press publishable information, not to issue gratuitous threats.

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