{"id":863334,"date":"2022-10-31T05:53:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T05:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=80568"},"modified":"2022-10-31T05:53:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T05:53:16","slug":"missing-png-cop-found-dead-police-chief-vows-swift-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/10\/31\/missing-png-cop-found-dead-police-chief-vows-swift-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing PNG cop found dead, police chief vows \u2018swift justice\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>B<em>y Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Local government officials in Papua New Guinea have offered a cash reward for information after the body of policeman Senior Constable Nelson Kalimda &#8212; whose body went missing in Tari, Hela &#8212; was found yesterday in Margarima.<\/p>\n<p>The body of Papua New Guinean policeman Constable Nelson Kalimda &#8212; who went missing in Tari, Hela &#8212; was found yesterday in Margarima after the provincial government put up a cash reward.<\/p>\n<p>Provincial police commander Robin Bore confirmed that the body had been found at the Andapali River in Margarima, near the Margarima-Kandep road.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?s=PNG+police+and+violence\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Other reports on PNG violence against police<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80575\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-80575 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Missing-cop-dead-TheNat-300tall.png\" alt=\"How The National reported the story on its front page 31102022\" width=\"300\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Missing-cop-dead-TheNat-300tall.png 300w, https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Missing-cop-dead-TheNat-300tall-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How The National reported the story on its front page today. Image: The National<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have brought late Kalimda\u2019s body back to Tari,\u201d Commander Bore said.<\/p>\n<p>Police Commissioner David Manning last night said that for those who wore the police uniform this was a personal loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is someone who has a family, who has served with us, below us or above us. He was one of us,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe swore an oath to serve and we will continue to serve despite this loss<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Our profession has risks&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cOurs is a profession that comes with risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manning said investigations were being led by some of the most capable officers in the PNG police force to bring swift justice on those involved in the death of Kalimda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI issue them a clear warning to anyone involved with Senior Constable Kalimda\u2019s death to not resist arrest when police catch up with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf these suspects threaten police with weapons, our police personnel have full authority to escalate the use of force and to use all appropriate means necessary to take control of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice have made two arrests so far and there are four other persons of interest that are the subject of an ongoing search.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kalimda was part of a team that escorted exam papers into Tari and he went missing on October 20.<\/p>\n<p>He was last seen driving out of a guest house in Tari. His car was found last Thursday, a week after he was first reported missing, in a deserted area at the Komo-Hulia district, near Ambua.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Police assisted with fuel<\/strong><br \/>\nGovernor Philip Undialu said the provincial government assisted police with fuel and funding in the search for Kalimda.<\/p>\n<p>Undialu said a suspect from the area had confessed to killing Kalimda in a phone conversation and said that he had thrown Kalimda\u2019s body into the Andapali River.<\/p>\n<p>He said that after the provincial government received the information, a reward was offered for the community to assist police and the PNG Defence Force to find Kalimda\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe body was recovered just this afternoon [Sunday] by a group of youths, and we will pay them a reward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Undialu also called on the suspect, whose identity is known, to surrender to police and appealed to the community to help bring in the suspect.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rebecca Kuku<\/em> <em>is a journalist for The National newspaper. Republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2022\/10\/31\/missing-png-cop-found-dead-police-chief-vows-swift-justice\/\">Asia Pacific Report<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Local government officials in Papua New Guinea have offered a cash reward for information after the body of policeman Senior Constable Nelson Kalimda \u2014 whose body went missing in Tari, Hela \u2014 was found yesterday in Margarima. The body of Papua New Guinean policeman Constable Nelson Kalimda \u2014 who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[917,54019,362,428,5,118,1080,10,12,366,3146,13,18003,47650,54022,417,54024,1743,46971],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863335,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863334\/revisions\/863335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}