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Court to decide later on Marape’s appeal

This is in regards to the National Court Decision dismissing an application restraining police to arrest Marape and Prime Minister Peter O’Neill.

Issues of the case stem from the payment to Paraka Lawyers.

Lawyers representing Marape and the Prime Minister argued that their application was not to dismiss the whole investigation.

Court was told that the restraining order sought was to temporarily halt the arrest, but not to stop the investigations from proceeding.