Speaking at the opening of Morata sub police station in the capital of Port Moresby in a the heart of a notorious settlement suburb often blamed for spawning young criminals - Aigilo stressed that local people know the trouble makers in their communities. Port Moresby has grown rapidly in the past two decades since independence and an estimated third of the 300,000 plus population live in squatter settlements and are unemployed. They are prepared to kill for paltry sums of money. In a recent incident at the University of Papua New Guinea, on the outskirts of Port Moresby, a senior executive was shot dead by rascals just to seize his car. This was the seventh murder of staff and students at the university in the past five years.
All public transport stops at dusk.
If I'm walking with my girlfriends, we get harassed by small boys. And you can't trust security guards because they also make passes at girls. David Robie and Asia-Pacific Network. This document is for educational and personal use only.