PNG: Public frustration growing

Public frustration is mounting in Papua New Guinea about the political storm surrounding the prime minister’s implication in a major corruption case and the disbanding of the anti-corruption taskforce.

A university student in Port Moresby, Nimi Atane, says the perception is growing that Mr O’Neill considers himself above the law.

“That such a person who has a big, high up office like this, can do something like this. It is not good for the whole country and the people as well. So they are not happy.

“They are waiting for the university students, the five universities in the country, to lead a protest, and then they can just fall in line to join the big group.”