Prime Minister James Marape, in response to concerns about rising crime, urged Papua New Guineans to respect the law and called for a clean-up “riff-raffs” from Port Moresby. Comparing crime control in Samoa and Fiji, Marape said, "They don't have much money, but they increase it. There's no barbed wire fence in Samoa, Fiji; no graffiti." He says citizens in PNG can assist the country in little things, such as upholding the rule of law, while the government continues help with things like paying school fees. “I appeal to the rest of the country, the New Guinea Islands, Papua, we’ll (government) deal with Moresby city and eliminate the riff-raffs. The Vagrancy Act has been looked at as we speak, so, some of you doing nothing here, we’ll send you back home the next day." “No need to stay in Port Moresby, we need to clean up Port Moresby.” “To rest of New Guinea Islands, Momase and Papua, you’re good people, and as we deal with the riff-raffs elsewhere, protect law and order in your place.”