Up to 200 police, corrections and army personnel have gathered at the Unagi Oval in Port Moresby to in protest over deductions to their salaries this fortnight.

Up to 200 police, corrections and army personnel have gathered at the Unagi Oval in Port Moresby to in protest over deductions to their salaries this fortnight.

  • testing@kbin.socialOP
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    10 months ago

    from the article:

    The deductions over the last fortnight range between US$26 and US$80 (K100 and K300).

    “Frustrations boiled over so they got into their vehicles and stormed parliament…they opened the gates and went into parliament,” RNZ Pacific’s Papua New Guinea correspondent Scott Waide said.

    “There was no real resistance to stop them…it was a rowdy crowd, the defence minister had attempted to speak to them outside of parliament before they walked in,” he said.

    He said he has been told by government that the deductions are the result of tax glitches.

    "They are currently at parliament right now. I think somebody is addressing them, I’m not sure to sure whom as I’ve just seen the videos.

    "There’s a large group of police, army and correctional services personnel at parliament house right now, protesting over the deductions.

    “The public is relatively quiet, nobody from the public has joined the protest in large numbers. Everything has remained calm.”

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