Peter Guinness, assistant commissioner of the National Police’s Northern Command, on February 8 warned of escalating security risks along the country’s border with Indonesia in Sandaun province. He described the Sepik River border region as virtually uncontrolled, with unregulated movement of people between the two countries. “People are crossing in and out without any regulation,”...

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