SOLOMON IS; Govt defuses potential ethnic conlict
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The Solomon Islands government has defused a potential conflict between two ethnic groups of people in Honiara. Cabinet decided to to pay nine-thousand US dollars to a group of people from Malaita Province who were angry over an offensive note left near the Magistrates court. They were threatening violence if the national government did not pay them compensation. Deputy Police Commissioner, Peter Marshall says that the police with the assistance of police from the Regional Assistance dealt with the situation.
Presenter: Sam Seke
Speakers: Peter Marshall, Solomon Islands Deputy Police Commissioner
