Police investigation

The accuseds Joshua Yawijah (22) of Maia village, Pangia, Southern Highlands Province and female probationary officer, 23-year-old Jacklyn Tanda of Sakarip village,Wabag, Enga Province both returned to court this morning.

They briefly appeared before Magistrate Cosmas Bidar and their case was adjourned to next month to give police time to investigate more.

They were charged for one count of deprivation of personal liberty, two counts of forcing someone to do indecent acts and one count of abuse of office.

A three member team first visited the school on June 18 where they were given names of student suspects in the incident that was caught on mobile phone video and posted on Facebook almost a month later.

The protest march went awfully wrong and saw a life lost and properties worth thousands of kina damaged.

Police said their investigation is continuing including the investigation of the death of a primary school student.

Police say they are waiting for outside investigators to conduct an independent investigation to verify if the death of the student was caused by the police or outsiders.

It was alleged that a student was shot by police when they were trying to disperse the crowd.