Lawmaker demands answers for Orokaiva beheadings in 1950s

Ijivitari lawmaker David Arore has called on both the Papua New Guinea and Australian governments to investigate the beheading of around 20 Orokaiva men at Higaturu Government Station in Port Moresby during the 1950s-1960s. Speaking in Parliament, Arore said the killings, allegedly carried out publicly under colonial administration, remain unaddressed generations later. “Up till now,...