PNG highland leader praised for not seeking to revenge son's death
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There's been high praise for the action of a Papua New Guinea highland leader whose son was killed in the aftermath of violent celebrations marking the recent end of Australia's state of origin series. Western Highlands MP Puri Ruing called on his clan not to retaliate for the death of his 21 year old son's and appealed for the law to be able to take its course. PNG's Governor General, Sir Paulias Matane, has described the MP's announcement as a "breakthrough," saying his response is an example for all. Sir Paulias has told Radio Australia's Tok Pisin service that Mr Ruing's attitude reflects his own beliefs, which he's dubbed the "Six F Philosophy."
Presenter: Radio Australia's Tok Pisin service
Speaker: Sir Paulias Matane, PNG's Governor General
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MATANE: The six F philosophy stands for , six letters or six words sorry, the first F is when somebody does something wrong to you, the first thing you have to do is you have to forgive that person, first F forgive, the seocnd F is that as soon you have forgiven that person, don't try and remember, you must forget all about it, forget. Number 3 F, once you have forgotten then you focus your attention. Number 4 you got Future, because you cannot get back yesterday, yesterday is gone, go to the future and when you focus your attention to the future, then number 5 you go forward, forward then you come to number 6 and number six is you will be free, free. So we must forgive, forget, focus our attention only in the future, we move forward and we will be free, so the six F philosophy is to me deeply something and I appeal to all the people in Papua New Guinea as the head of State of this country, try and follow the six F philosophy, leave the law to the hands of those people who look after the law and we must not take the law into our own hands, so this is a breakthrough in this country and when people hear about this then the bad news that we have heard so often about country Papua New Guineans will disappear and only good things will come and that will do a lot of good for Papua New Guinea, more tourists will come to visit our country and they will bring a lot of money to the country,
