Ex-colonel faces mutiny charges
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January 30, 2012, Monday
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AN army officer who led a military revolt aimed at reinstating Papua New Guinea's ousted prime minister appeared in court yesterday on mutiny charges, police said.
Retired Colonel Yaura Sasa, who led last week's attempt to restore Sir Michael Somare to power, appeared in a court charged under the criminal code with incitement to mutiny following his arrest overnight, a police spokesman said.
Police spotted Sasa by chance at a lodge away from the Taurama barracks, where his supporters have been holed up with weapons since last week's failed mutiny, police media spokesman Superintendant Dominic Kakas said.
"He voluntarily came. He was cooperative. After the interview he was arrested and charged," police spokesman Kakas told Reuters. Sasa made an initial appearance at Waigani court yesterday morning.
"Criminal prosecutions will start as soon as we have completed our investigations. In the meantime we have appealed to the retired colonel to actually talk to his supports and make sure that they lay down their arms and let the courts deal with the issue," Kakas said.
Sasa led a mutiny on January 26 in which soldiers captured and detained the armed forces chief, who was released later the same day. Sasa said at the time he had been appointed as commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force by Somare.
Retired Colonel Yaura Sasa, who led last week's attempt to restore Sir Michael Somare to power, appeared in a court charged under the criminal code with incitement to mutiny following his arrest overnight, a police spokesman said.
Police spotted Sasa by chance at a lodge away from the Taurama barracks, where his supporters have been holed up with weapons since last week's failed mutiny, police media spokesman Superintendant Dominic Kakas said.
"He voluntarily came. He was cooperative. After the interview he was arrested and charged," police spokesman Kakas told Reuters. Sasa made an initial appearance at Waigani court yesterday morning.
"Criminal prosecutions will start as soon as we have completed our investigations. In the meantime we have appealed to the retired colonel to actually talk to his supports and make sure that they lay down their arms and let the courts deal with the issue," Kakas said.
Sasa led a mutiny on January 26 in which soldiers captured and detained the armed forces chief, who was released later the same day. Sasa said at the time he had been appointed as commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force by Somare.
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