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ACP Turi being escorted to the Boroko police station on Feb 24 for the formalities of his arrest. - Nationalpic
  
ACP Turi faces 8 criminal charges

PORT MORESBY: Highlands Eastern End commander Asst Comm (ACP) Benjamin Turi was hauled to the Waigani committal court to face eight charges relating to a 2016 incident here where he allegedly “kidnapped” three immigration officers.
ACP Turi, then the former National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent, appeared before magistrate Tracy Gani charged with three counts of kidnapping, three counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of causing grievous bodily harm and one count of abuse of office.
Details of the court proceedings were reported by The National:


Top cop facing 8 charges

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FORMER National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent Benjamin Turi is facing eight charges relating to a 2016 incident in Port Moresby where he allegedly “kidnapped” three immigration officers.
Turi yesterday appeared before Magistrate Tracy Ganaii at the Waigani Committal Court charged with three counts of kidnapping, three counts of deprivation of liberty, one count of grievous bodily harm and one of abuse of office.
Turi, since promoted to Assistant Police Commissioner, is now the deputy police commander Highlands Eastern End.
Police alleged that on June 16, 2016, then Met Supt Turi with other Port Moresby-based police officers raided a lodge at Gerehu Stage One looking for Peter Koh Woo, a Malaysian citizen, who was in the custody of three immigration officers.
Turi allegedly took Woo and the immigration officers away “with the intent to follow his instructions against their will”.
On the same day at the Gerehu police station, Turi allegedly caused grievous bodily harm to immigration officer Paul Holonga.
Police alleged that Turi ordered the officers under his command to “kidnap, deprive and assault the three officers from the PNG Immigration Citizenship office, preventing them from carrying out their constitutional duties”. Turi allegedly detained the three officers at the Gerehu police station cell.
He was charged by police at Boroko last week and later released on a K1,000 police bail.
This was yesterday converted to a court bail, with two guarantors pledging K300 each that he complied with the bail conditions.
The conditions are that he should attend court as scheduled, not to interfere with potential state witnesses directly or indirectly. The case was adjourned to April 7.

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