Kiwis to train Bougainville cops By ANTHONY KAYBING NEW Zealand High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea Neil Holmes with the Deputy New Zealand Police Commissioner arrived yesterday for the launching of phase four of the New Zealand police assistance in training the Bougainville police personnel today. Also accompanying them was the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Commissioner Jeffery Baki who came to witness the launching. “I am very pleased to be in Bougainville and to witness the progress taking place within the Bougainville police service,”Mr Holmes said. He stressed the importance of phase four of the project as part of assimilating law and order back into Bougainville. The High Commissioner’s delegation was here also to share the members’ thoughts and experiences with the police and the people with regard to the situation in Bougainville. Mr Baki said the launching indicated steps in the right direction in terms of the fragile peace process. “I believe this indicates New Zealand’s concern and growing support for the restoration of law and order which is part and parcel of the peace process,” he said. Team leader of the New Zealand Police contingent Verne Morris said in Buka they were slowly making progress in the restoration of law and order adding tha t the situation in Bougainville was manageable.
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