Police are yet to disclose if more officers have been added to the list of those currently being investigated over the Black Wednesday (January 10th) events.
According to Police Commissioner David Manning earlier this month, fifty individuals were undergoing internal disciplinary charges.
One of those include the president of the Police Association, who is also facing criminal charges.
PNGHAUSBUNG spoke with NCD Metropolitan Superintendent Silva Sika regarding the progress of investigations.
He stressed that investigations are ongoing, so information will not be disclosed as yet.
NCD police boss said the case was given to Police Headquarters who sanctioned investigators to carry out the investigations.
He would not say if more officers were also being investigated from the initial 50 disclosed by the police commissioner.
On January 10th what is now formally known to Papua New Guinea as “Black Wednesday” or dubbed by Prime Minister James Marape as “Ugly Wednesday”, the Police force went on strike over pay concerns and the country faced massive lootings especially in the Nation’s Capital where businesses were looted and burnt down.
This week. the Prime Minister announced that the Cabinet has approved a K270 million package to assist affected businesses in the country based on a qualified criteria.