Supreme Court registrar Ian Augerea has been
arrested and charged with perverting the course of justice.
Augerea was arrested this morning and taken to
police headquarters in Port Moresby, where he was questioned before being taken
to Boroko police station.
Augerea’s arrest follows the charging of Chief
Justice Sir Salamo Injia last week.
Police alleged that Sir Salamo disobeyed a court
order and illegally redirected a payment of K213, 000, which was meant for the
adopted son of the late Justice Timothy Hinchliffe, to the court’s trust
account.
They alleged that Sir Salamo and others, including
Augerea, had “conspired” and ignored a
National Court order of 2009 issued by former judge, Justice Mark Sevua,
ordering the National Judicial Staff Services to pay Hinchliffe’s entitlements
to Hinchliffe’s adopted son Timothy Morere Sari Junior.
However, the payment was instead redirected to the
court’s trust account on Sir Salamo’s instruction.
Police alleged that the actions of the chief justice
to circumvent a valid order of the court were contemptuous and criminal in
nature.
Police, therefore, carried out investigations and
made the arrest.
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