Acting Deputy Police Commissioner Operations Jim
Andrews said yesterday the actions taken by Boroko police to arrest four detectives
involved in the assault of lawyer Sam Bonner was necessary under the laws and
functions of police, as Director of the Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate Mathew
Damaru failed to comply with orders to bring the four suspects to Boroko for
interviews and arrests.
Andrews said the remarks by
Director of Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate Mathew Damaru on EMTV’s news
telecast on Wednesday Oct 22 were "pathetic and misleading".
Andrews said Damaru had stated at his media
conference that Bonner had refused arrest and therefore necessary force was
applied to restrain and arrest him at the Waigani court premises, which was a
misleading statement to the public.
Andrews rebutted Damaru’s statement, saying Bonner
was at the Waigani Court Premises in his gown when he was surrounded and
assaulted by armed policemen several months ago.
He
said Bonner complained of serious assault in which
he was scarred at the Boroko Police Station in the National Capital
District.
The matter was pursued by NCD police and four suspects were arrested at
the
office of the National Fraud and anti-Corruption directorate on Tuesday,
which were normal follow-up arrests on the complaint laid.
Acting Deputy Commissioner Andrews said, “Damaru and
the media are not the judge and juror to discuss how the assault happened. It
is for the accused to prove that they acted within the confines of the law when
the matter is heard in court.”
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