Compensation sought over deadly PNG land battle

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Updated February 8, 2010 16:17:08

The developers of Papua New Guinea's first Liquefied Natural Gas-LNG project have been asked to pay compensation following the deaths of five people in ethnic violence. Villagers from PNG's Boera and Porebada in Port Moresby are reported to have clashed over the ownership of land on which the proposed LNG processing plant is being constructed.

Presenter: Firmin Nanol
Speakers: Miria Ikupu, chairman, Motu-Koitabu Council, which includes the two Boera and Porebada villages; Awen Sete, PNG National Capital District and Central Province Police Commander

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