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02-08-2013, 01:54 PM
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Re: Woman Burnt Alive As a Witch in PNG
Accused Witch Tortured, Burned Alive in Papua New Guinea Post Courier via AP Bystanders watch as a woman accused of witchcraft is burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Assailants stripped, tortured and bound a woman accused of witchcraft, then burned her alive in front of hundreds of witnesses in a Papua New Guinea town, police said Friday after one of the highest profile sorcery-related murders in this South Pacific island nation. Some of the hundreds of bystanders took photographs of Wednesday's brutal slaying. Grisly pictures were published on the front pages of the country's biggest circulating newspapers, The National and Post-Courier. The prime minister, police and diplomats condemned the killing. Kepari Leniata, a 20-year-old who had a child, had been accused of sorcery by relatives of a 6-year-old boy who died in the hospital the day before, police spokesman Dominic Kakas said. She was tortured with a hot iron rod, bound, doused in gasoline, then set alight on a pile of car tires and trash in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen, Kakas said. Deputy Police Commissioner Simon Kauba on Friday blasted Mount Hagen investigators by phone for failing to make a single arrest, Kakas said. The public was apparently not cooperating with police and police carrying out the investigation were not working hard enough, Kakas said. "He was very, very disappointed that there's been no arrest made as yet," Kakas said. "The incident happened in broad daylight in front of hundreds of eyewitnesses and yet we haven't picked up any suspects yet. He was very, very curious about that and he blasted the investigators on the phone," Kakas added. Kakas described the victim's husband as the, "prime suspect." The husband had fled the province, Kakas said. Kakas said he did not know if there were a relationship between the husband and the dead boy's family. Sorcery has traditionally been countered by sorcery in Papuan New Guinean culture. But responses to sorcery allegations have become increasingly violent in recent years. Kakas said the death was the first sorcery-related murder in Papua New Guinea in a year. Police Commissioner Tom Kulunga described the murder as, "shocking and devilish." "We are in the 21st century and this is totally, unacceptable," Commissioner Kulunga said in a statement. He suggested courts be established to deal with sorcery allegations, as an alternative to villagers dispensing justice. Prime Minister Pete O'Neill said he had instructed police to use all available manpower to bring the killers to justice. "It is reprehensible that women, the old and the weak in our society should be targeted for alleged sorcery or wrongs that they actually have nothing to do with," O'Neill said. The U.S. Embassy in the national capital Port Moresby issued a statement calling for a sustained international partnership to enhance anti-gender-based violence laws throughout the Pacific. The embassy of Australia, Papua New Guinea's colonial ruler until independence in 1975 and now its biggest foreign aid donor, said "We join ... all reasonable Papua New Guineans in looking forward to the perpetrators being brought to justice." *OK. So, you can be shocking and devilish but not a witch!"  · |
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02-08-2013, 02:31 PM
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This is the same place where some Aids victims are buried alive. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6965412.stm |
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02-09-2013, 12:06 AM
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Re: Woman Burnt Alive As a Witch in PNG
Serious question. What is a newt? Never mind. Found it here: The £14m new police HQ stalled by an endangered newt found hibernating on the site •Durham Constabularly began work last October but work is at a standstill •The great crested newt has declined in population and is protected by law By Daily Mail Reporter UPDATED: 20:33 EST, 8 February 2013 The construction of a new multimillion-pound police headquarters has been halted to protect a newt that is hibernating on site. Durham Constabulary began work on their new base last October but work has come to a standstill after a great crested newt was found. The endangered creature’s population has dramatically declined during the last century and it is protected by law. But police chiefs have expressed their frustration at the hold-up as the new headquarters is expected to save them about £2,000 a day in running costs. Temporary Chief Constable Mike Barton said: 'We are an organisation that enforces the law so it’s obvious that we’ve got to follow the law as well. We’re comfortable with that. But there’s a slight degree of frustration. I want to get into the new headquarters, so we can start making the savings from having a much smaller building.' The new site, in Aykley Heads, Durham, is expected to cost £14 million to complete and was given the go-ahead last June. But Natural England, the body that seeks to protect the nation’s environment, has said that no work to move the newts could take place until May, when the creatures come out of hibernation. Adrian Vass, Natural England’s area manager, said, 'This case is the highest priority for us and we’re working flat out to ensure that the great crested newts can be safely moved while development takes place. 'The application to move the newts was initially received in September last year but unfortunately the survey information that accompanied it was incomplete and inconsistent. 'The application was resubmitted in December and we’re doing all we can to complete the assessment of the new information within the next few days. 'Great crested newts hibernate underground in winter so the earliest that full-scale development work could legally go ahead would be May, 2013. 'It is an iconic native species whose numbers have plummeted across Europe in the last century, resulting in their protection under European law.' Endangered Species: The newts were found on this site in Aykley Heads, Durham, and police chiefs have expressed their frustration at the hold-up as the new headquarters is expected to save them about £2,000 a day in running costs Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2KNLZA9h8  · |
