Finally R.I.P for Rodha?
News that matters in Papua New Guinea
PORT MORESBY: Will Rodha Dick’s body be released and given a proper funeral for her soul to rest in peace this week?
According to Police Minister Bryan Kramer the second post-mortem on Rodha, 86, is to be conducted this week.
Rodha’s body has been lying in the Alotau Hospital’s mortuary since Dec 6 or for more than eight months after she was shoit dead in a police shooting and fire incident linked to a manhunt on the Tommy Maeva Baker Gang of killers and robbers.
Here are the details and update on Rodha’s sad state of affairs as reported by The National:
Finally R.I.P for Rodha?
PORT MORESBY: Will Rodha Dick’s body be released and given a proper funeral for her soul to rest in peace this week?
According to Police Minister Bryan Kramer the second post-mortem on Rodha, 86, is to be conducted this week.
Rodha’s body has been lying in the Alotau Hospital’s mortuary since Dec 6 or for more than eight months after she was shoit dead in a police shooting and fire incident linked to a manhunt on the Tommy Maeva Baker Gang of killers and robbers.
Here are the details and update on Rodha’s sad state of affairs as reported by The National:
Autopsy set for shooting victim
By SYLVESTER WEMURUPOLICE Minister Bryan Kramer says the second post-mortem on 86-year-old Rodha Dick, whose body had been lying in the Alotau Hospital mortuary for more than eight months, is expected to be conducted this week.
He told The National yesterday that Southern Command Supt John Maru was already conducting investigations on the outstanding case in Alotau.
“I expect the post-mortem to be conducted this week so that her family can claim her remains for funeral rites,” he said. Rodha was shot dead in a police shooting and fire incident linked to a manhunt for the Tommy Maeva Baker’s gang of killers and robbers in Alotau’s Kitava’s compound on Dec 6.
Her family are still awaiting a second post-mortem as they were not satisfied with the first mortem as the bullet that hit and killed Rodha was still embedded in her body.
The family want a second autopsy, approved and signed for April 3 by a district court magistrate, to determine whether the bullet came from the police or the Baker gang.
The family had been mourning for eight months, spending a fortune on haus krai and travelling to town.
Rodha was on her veranda in the Suau compound when police arrived and started shooting.
However, residents have found the courage to speak up, claiming that the Baker gang of killers and robbers had already fled and were no where in sight when the police started shooting and, later, allegedly set fire to 18 houses.
Attempts to get comments from PPC Milne Bay and Maru were unsuccessful.
He told The National yesterday that Southern Command Supt John Maru was already conducting investigations on the outstanding case in Alotau.
“I expect the post-mortem to be conducted this week so that her family can claim her remains for funeral rites,” he said. Rodha was shot dead in a police shooting and fire incident linked to a manhunt for the Tommy Maeva Baker’s gang of killers and robbers in Alotau’s Kitava’s compound on Dec 6.
Her family are still awaiting a second post-mortem as they were not satisfied with the first mortem as the bullet that hit and killed Rodha was still embedded in her body.
The family want a second autopsy, approved and signed for April 3 by a district court magistrate, to determine whether the bullet came from the police or the Baker gang.
The family had been mourning for eight months, spending a fortune on haus krai and travelling to town.
Rodha was on her veranda in the Suau compound when police arrived and started shooting.
However, residents have found the courage to speak up, claiming that the Baker gang of killers and robbers had already fled and were no where in sight when the police started shooting and, later, allegedly set fire to 18 houses.
Attempts to get comments from PPC Milne Bay and Maru were unsuccessful.
Comments
Post a Comment