Arrests after PNG farmers riot
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A clean up is under way in the Papua New Guinea town of Popondetta, after a rampage by disgruntled farmers. More than six thousand people are said to have been involved in the riot, that saw shops looted and the only bank in the town attacked.
Police reinforcements were drafted in, and more than 20 people were arrested.
Presenter: Campbell Cooney
Speakers: Firmin Nanol, Radio Australia's Port Moresby office; Micah Anawe, PNG chief superintendent; Ian Clyne, head of the Bank South Pacific in PNG
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