Komo Airport

Francis Potape, who is contesting the Hela Provincial seat told this newsroom that this incident has led to many rumours and concerns ‘We are calling on all the people of Hela to report any suspicious people to police and let the law deal with them,” Potape said.
 
He also suggested that security personnel involved in the elections must wear special armbands to show that they are genuine serving officers.   

Assistant Commissioner Operations Samson Kua corrected this saying  police have in fact confiscated one blue field uniform, three police long pants with a boot as well as one set of PNG Defence Force camouflage uniform, one shirt and one short trouser. 

He said these items are now in police custody and investigations are being conducted into their origins.

In a post on Facebook page “PNG Political Limelights”, the author claimed that a flight chartered by a regional candidate for the Hela Province contained boxes of police and PNG Defence Force uniforms.