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Security Featured Police Clearance Launched

Assistant Commissioner Crimes Hodges Ette said the issuance of the new certificates will prevent false police clearance certificates from being issued. The new police clearance certificate came into effect on Monday 15 November. Certificates that were issued prior to this date will remain valid until March 2022. 

Mr Ette said the RPNGC is changing the old police clearance certificate that has been used for the last 46 years since independence.

Police officer to stand trial for sexual assault

The Waigani Committal Court found sufficient evidence against Jerike Mokamane, an officer attached with public safety to put his case to the National Court.

Magistrate John Kaumi ordered the committal yesterday. Mokamane will appear for listing in the National Court on May 29.

The 31-year-old from Kombokande village, Kerowagi, Chimbu Province is alleged to have sexually assaulted a 17-year-old inside the Boroko Police station on December 13, 2015 while she was in custody.

The victim was brought to the station by her husband's relatives following a dispute.