Cops nab man for abusing stepdaughters for seven years
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Police Minister Bryan Kramer and Manus commander Chief Insp David Yapu
Cops nab man for abusing stepdaughters for seven years
PORT MORESBY: A 22-year-old university undergraduate and her two younger sisters have been sexually abused by their 43-year-old step father since 2013.
She finally found the courage to speak out of their ordeal, posted her story on Facebook on Dec 31, 2019.
The post went viral within three days and the stepfather was arrested by Manus police and he is scheduled to be charged in Lorengau district court on Wednesday (Jan 8, 2020).
PNG Cyber Monitor reproduces below the third year Bachelor of Business Management undergraduate’s sensational case published by The National:
Police arrest stepfather
MANUS police have arrested a 43-year-old man for alleged sexual abuse of his three step daughters since 2013.
The arrest comes within 24 hours after a 22-year-old university student posted her plight on Facebook appealing for help to stop the abuses inflicted by her stepfather on her and her two sisters.
The post went viral and attracted the attention of Police Minister Bryan Kramer who asked Police Commissioner David Manning to act immediately.
Manus commander Chief Insp David Yapu said family and sexual violence police investigated the student’s complaint and picked up the stepfather who is scheduled to appear in the Lorengau district court on Wednesday.
He added that police brought the girls and their mother to the station where they could lodge a formal complaint.
According to the student’s posting, the girls and their mother had been suffering both verbal and physical, including sexual abuse for six years by the man.
The third year Bachelor of Business Management undergraduate posted her ordeal and plea on Facebook on Dec 31 that went viral yesterday.
She posted again saying: “I am amazed by the tremendous support and help I have received. I can now breathe a little more easy now that my stepfather has been arrested and held behind bars.”
When the university undergraduate told The National: “Knowing well that there would be a lot of critics, I just went ahead and shared our story and appealed for help because I just wanted it to stop … to protect my younger sisters. After reading many stories about social issues being shared on social media, and reading about the positive feedback, I decided to also share my story.
“After a while, my post just went viral and was shared by so many people, I was actually scared, and I logged out for hours trying to breath.”
“And then things happened so fast, there were so many people willing to help us.
“We managed to lodge a police report against him and he has finally been arrested. I feel a little bit bad about the whole thing but we had forgiven him many times. He just could not change and now we want it stopped for good.”
“This is a new year and my family and I need to be free from all these abuse,” she said, thanking everyone who reached out to her and offered their help, support and words of encouragement.
The arrest comes within 24 hours after a 22-year-old university student posted her plight on Facebook appealing for help to stop the abuses inflicted by her stepfather on her and her two sisters.
The post went viral and attracted the attention of Police Minister Bryan Kramer who asked Police Commissioner David Manning to act immediately.
Manus commander Chief Insp David Yapu said family and sexual violence police investigated the student’s complaint and picked up the stepfather who is scheduled to appear in the Lorengau district court on Wednesday.
He added that police brought the girls and their mother to the station where they could lodge a formal complaint.
According to the student’s posting, the girls and their mother had been suffering both verbal and physical, including sexual abuse for six years by the man.
The third year Bachelor of Business Management undergraduate posted her ordeal and plea on Facebook on Dec 31 that went viral yesterday.
She posted again saying: “I am amazed by the tremendous support and help I have received. I can now breathe a little more easy now that my stepfather has been arrested and held behind bars.”
When the university undergraduate told The National: “Knowing well that there would be a lot of critics, I just went ahead and shared our story and appealed for help because I just wanted it to stop … to protect my younger sisters. After reading many stories about social issues being shared on social media, and reading about the positive feedback, I decided to also share my story.
“After a while, my post just went viral and was shared by so many people, I was actually scared, and I logged out for hours trying to breath.”
“And then things happened so fast, there were so many people willing to help us.
“We managed to lodge a police report against him and he has finally been arrested. I feel a little bit bad about the whole thing but we had forgiven him many times. He just could not change and now we want it stopped for good.”
“This is a new year and my family and I need to be free from all these abuse,” she said, thanking everyone who reached out to her and offered their help, support and words of encouragement.
that girl has a promising future. She seems to verify confident of herself, she is determined on achieving good outcome, she writes well and probably speaks well too. A promising future leader so lets help her overcome this bad part of her life so she can come out strong and achieve her goal and help contribute to nation building.
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