Why is the inquiry into anti Asian riots in Papua New Guinea deferred?

If there is a moment in Papua New Guinea history that we can capitalize to completely weed out all the illicit crimes and mafia rings, it is today. NOW! Dr. Sullivan's paper is just a ice-berg tip to the whole systematic corruption in Papua New Guinea. It may sound absurd implicating some multinational corporations in Papua New Guinea but it is the truth and they are not acting alone.

They (foreign firms and individuals) collaborate swiftly with national leaders and government bureaucrats and public institutions to covert their operations. The Parliamentary Committee is just another government rubber stamp to lure public support in order to continue their illicit activities. The Asians are not alone in all these illicit activities.

Drug and human trafficking including money laundering in Papua New Guinea including other Pacific Island States have their safe havens in the streets of Sydney and Canbera. Australians are the worse perpetrators of these crimes, however their involvement is too official to be tagged illegal.I disagree with using Australian Federal Police in combating law and order problems in Papua New Guinea.

Their standards of building institutional capacity is long over due. See how it failed in Solomon Island and Fiji . Australian Federal Police (AFP) in Papua New Guinea is another extension of Australia 's manipulation and control over small Pacific Island countries. Their (AFP) involvement is always double standards and its consequences is usually detrimental to the majority of the local population.

For example, AFP designated Chief Police Commissioner to Fiji from 2001 to early 2006 was one of the main architects to covert the two elections in Fiji, to put the pro-Australian Party SDL into government, which is one of the most corrupt government in Fiji's political history. Given the vulnerability of our Police force fueled by corruption in the department and deteriorating living standards, which already demoralised the Papua New Guinea police personnel, we cannot allow the AFP work alongside them.

It will only expose us (PNG) to more manipulation and control. Papua New Guinea must take responsibility of our own problems and solve it in our own ways. Keeping law and order in the country is every citizen's responsibility and not just the police force.

Some of these illegal practices are condone by the communities and public at large, simply because it provide their basic daily needs. Its true foreigners are the perpetrators but what are we doing to combat it? We all have a part to play in combating illicit crime in Papua New Guinea.