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Police, soldiers storm PNG parliament over unpaid APEC wages

Deborah Knight
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Disgruntled police and prison guards have stormed Papua New Guinea’s Parliament over a pay dispute stemming from the A-PEC summit.

Images show broken windows, smashed furniture, framed pictures torn from corridor walls and plants tipped over.

Protesters claim they have not been paid allowances for their security work in Port Moresby.

Following the rampage, about 100 police and guards waited outside parliament demanding to be addressed by the government.

PNG member of parliament Allan Bird was there at the time of the protest.

He tells Ross Greenwood everything was smashed.

“Flower pots smashed, furniture smashed. Every single glass window they could find got smashed.

“Unfortunately, some of the parliamentary staff were also assaulted in the process.”

Mr Bird says, “there’s a general dissatisfaction with the government across the country.”

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Deborah Knight
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