PNG: Magistrate stoned to death by refugees

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Updated October 22, 2007 15:56:37

Papua New Guinea police are investigating the death of a senior court magistrate who was allegedly beaten and stoned to death by a group of Papuan refugees in Port Moresby at the weekend. Magistrate Ivan Cappo crashed his car near makeshift tents the refugees had been living in for the past three weeks near the city centre.

Presenter: Steve Marshall
Speakers: Fred Yekasa, Police Superintendent

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