Up to a thousand gather for Bougainville President's funeral
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More than a thousand people have attended another church service for the late Bougainville President Joseph Kabui who died of a heart attack last Saturday.
Our Papua New Guinea correspondent Steve Marshall in Bougainville says the service was held at a Catholic church outside the Bougainville capital Buka.
The Mass lasted nearly six hours and was punctuated by songs, readings and speeches.
Australia's High Commissioner to PNG, Chris Moratis, told the gathering Joseph Kabui was a true son of Bougainville, PNG and peace loving people all over the world.
President Kabui was largely seen as the man responsible for pulling Bougainvillians together after a civil war over mining in the 1980's and 90's.
In 2005, Joseph Kabui was elected the first president of the autonomous Bougainville government, the A-B-G.
