3 cops charged with attempted murder

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3 cops charged with attempted murder

PORT MORESBY: Three policemen were charged with attempted murder and deprivation of liberty of the 21-year-old son of Senior Constable Benjamin Naraboi.

Samuel Naraboi was beaten up and left in a police vehicle in a coma on Feb 27, 2022, and was found by his mother Regina. He was placed on life support in the Port Moresby General Hospital until he regained consciousness on Wednesday (March 9, 2022).

Read the following earlier reports for context:

https://pngcybermonitor.blogspot.com/2022/03/cop-wants-justice-for-son-assaulted-by.html (Cop wants justice for son assaulted by cops)

https://pngcybermonitor.blogspot.com/2022/03/cops-probed-for-assault-of-senior.html (Cops probed for assault of Senior Constable’s son)

The news update was reported by The National:

3 cops charged with assault of cop’s son

March 10, 2022The NationalMain Stories

THREE policemen were charged with attempted murder and deprivation of liberty of the 21-year-old son of Senior Constable Benjamin Naraboi.
Samuel Naraboi was beaten up and left in a coma in a police vehicle on Feb 7. He was placed on life support and in a coma in Port Moresby Hospital until he regained consciousness on Wednesday.
Police Commissioner David Manning denounced such illegal actions by policemen who had been trained to “protect people and properties”.
Manning welcomed the laying of charges against the three who are members of a taskforce unit in the capital city.
“(The rule) states clearly (that police officers must) protect and serve,” he said.
“But it seems we continue to be plagued by allegations after allegations (of police misconduct).
“That is why I am pleased with the outcome (of the investigations). We have good officers in the provinces and commands and we need to continue to work to achieving the outcome the people look to us to achieve.”
The three, whose names have not been released, were interrogated by officers of the internal investigation unit yesterday afternoon before they were charged.
They are awaiting their court case at the Boroko Police Station cell.
Samuel’s father, Senior Constable Benjamin Naraboi, also welcomed the outcome of the police investigation.
“We (family) are pleased with the outcome of the investigations and we want to thank everyone who assisted us, especially when Samuel was admitted,” he said.
“We also want to thank the police investigators who worked hard to reach this outcome. Thank you.”
Naraboi said Samuel was still in a coma at the Port Moresby General Hospital and could not recognise them when they visited him.
He underwent an operation on his skull after he was allegedly assaulted by police in Waigani on Feb 27.
Police internal investigation unit director Chief Superintendent Emil Alpha said “disciplinary charges” would be laid against the three men.
Police Minister William Onglo said it was always hard for police officers to investigate colleagues.
“We are continuing to implement the one-strike-and-you-are-out policy as we get rid of the bad apples in the constabulary,” he said.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Wagambie Jnr, who is in charge of the NCD/Central command described the level of injury inflicted on Samuel as unwarranted and “way beyond”.
“The investigation team will establish what led to this and what actually happened,” he said.

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