PNG inmates end hunger strike
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Inmates being held in a jail in Papua New Guinea, have ended a two-day hunger strike in protest over long delays in their court cases.
The 180 inmates at Buimo jail near Lae, have refused food to draw attention to delays in the National Court system.
Some prisoners claim they have been held since 2002 with little or no progress in their legal cases.
Acting jail commander, Superintendent Simon Lakeng, says the relevant authorities have been informed of the hunger strike, so inmates have agreed to end it.
"We went into to talk to them this morning and they eventually agreed they've already skipped breakfast and eventually agreed to now get back to having their meals for lunch and dinner and so forth. "
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