Ex-PPC Ibsagi, who ordered the shooting of a deaf man, arrested and charged
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Ex-PPC Ibsagi who ordered the shooting of a deaf man, arrested and charged
PORT MORESBY: Former Sandaun commander Chief Insp Moses Ibsagi was
arrested and charged with unlawfully giving orders to shoot a deaf man about
three years ago.
“Ibsagi was detained in Boroko police station last
Friday (Nov 26, 2021) and later released on police bail,” border commander ACP
Peter Philip said.
The news break was reported by The National:
Ex-PPC held
over shooting
December 2, 2021
The National
National
By SYLVESTER WEMURU
FORMER Sandaun police commander
Chief Insp Moses Ibsagi was arrested and charged with unlawfully giving orders
to shoot a civilian about three years ago.
“Ibsagi was detained in Boroko Police Station last Friday and later released on
police bail,” border commander ACP Peter Philip said.
ACP Philip said the police constable who shot and wounded Davis Weni, 43, from
West Sepik, on Nov 27, 2018, in Vanimo’s Wara Kongkong block in West Sepik, was
arrested and charged earlier in Vanimo and released on bail.
According to police, then police Const Raphael Kua shot and wounded Weni who
was at home.
Before the shooting, a shop was razed and youths from the settlement looted the
burning shop, carting away alcohol which they drank for a week.
ACP Philip said alcohol-related problems were on the rise in the town and
police were on full alert to control the situation in Vanimo town.
“On Nov 27, 2018, both Kua and Ibsagi were on duty and were patrolling around
town when they went after a suspected looter who ran towards the Wasan Camp
near the airport, all the way to Wara Kongkong,” he said.
During the chase, a shot was fired and Weni, who was with his family in his
house, was wounded.
Weni, who was deaf, did not hear the policeman and officer’s order to stop and
kept walking. That was when he was shot in the back near his buttock. Weni fell
and was rushed to the hospital by police.
He was treated in the hospital and was later discharged.
ACP Philip said Weni lodged a police report in Vanimo which was then
investigated by internal affairs that led to the arrests.
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