In a Post Courier news article on August 22, 2018, a man convicted for the murder of a student Lasen Simion Kaupe, from Sirunki Enga Province in 2010, has been spotted walking around as a free man on the streets of Port Moresby in July.
Mark Abaskas, a relative of Kaupe said he was concerned why the prisoner, Andrew Nangu Nyata was outside when he was supposed to be in jail.
“On July 27, at about 9.30 am, I was at Gordon bus stop when I spotted Andrew Nangu Nyata transferring from PMV bus 16 to bus 4 to go to town, Mr Abaskas said.
“I was confused why this prisoner was out in ordinary clothes roaming the streets. I laid my complaint on July 31 at Correctional Service (CS) office in Waigani.”
He said the CS confirmed that Andrew Nangu Nyata was a convicted prisoner at Bomana jail and was sentenced to 18 years over the death of Kaupe at Hohola in 2010.
A fight broke out at Hohola and the student was wrongly targeted and attacked severely. The doctor had pronounced him dead at the Port Moresby General Hospital from injuries he received.
“The matter was reported and two men were arrested and sent to Bomana, but one had escaped at Gordon due to neglect by CS officers,” he said.
Mr Abaskas said the CS has yet to verify how and why Mr Nyata was out of Bomana.
Source: Post Courier newspaper
