Cops lock up 93 schoolboys

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Cops lock up 93 schoolboys

PORT MORESBY: Police locked up 93 Brandi Secondary School boys in East Sepik’s Wewak after they vandalised and looted the school on Sunday (Nov 21, 2021).

Commander Supt Albert Beli said the Grade 9 and 11 students were denied bail and detained in Wewak police station.

“They had also threatened the deputy principal (administration),” he added.

Details of the news break were published by The National:

93 school boys locked up

November 24, 2021The NationalMain Stories

Jimmy Uguro Albert Beli

By GYNNIE KERO
POLICE locked up 93 male students of a school in Wewak, East Sepik on Monday after they damaged and stole school properties.
Provincial police commander Supt Albert Beli said the Brandi Secondary School Grade Nine and Grade 11 students were denied bail and detained at the Wewak police station.
He said it was likely that they would appear in court next week as each of the 93 needed to be interviewed, and make a statement before they were taken to court.
Supt Beli said the likely charges were wilful damage, looting, break-and-enter, stealing and swearing.
The students allegedly damaged school properties and threatened the deputy principal (administration).
School principal Anthony Boiefin told The National yesterday that during a routine check of the boy’s dormitory on Saturday morning, four students were found to have mobile phones, cigarettes and items banned in the school premises.
He said that on Sunday evening, the students threw stones at the deputy principal’s house, who was forced to leave the school with assistance of the police.
“They threatened and used abusive language on him telling him to leave (the school),” he said.
Boiefin said the damage to school properties was quite extensive.
Provincial education adviser Raymond Bakavi condemned what the students did and how they behaved.
Education Minister Jimmy Uguro urged students to respect government properties and not damage them even if they had any differences with the school management.
“Students must learn to take their grievances to the proper authority in the school if they are not happy with the management, instead of taking their frustrations out on school properties like classrooms and dormitories,” he said.
“The facilities take a number of years to build and at huge costs. Therefore, students and the community must look after them for their use and also for future generations,” he said.
Brandi, located east of Wewak town, currently has 158 male boarders (Grade Nine, Grade 11).
Boiefin believes that some of the 93 boys rounded up on Monday maybe innocent but were forced by their class mates to go with them to the police station.
He said classes resumed yesterday for the rest of the 250 students.
“I feel sorry for the innocent students who had to go.
“We convinced them not to.
“We are two weeks away from closing up (academic year.”

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