Sunday, November 6, 2011
This is from @Allan Maclay of the Lae Chamber of Commerce:
LAE DECLARED A FIGHT ZONE. SOE YET TO BE DECLARED:Morobe Provincial Administration have just declared Lae as a Fight Zone and they say that the Governor has agreed to have the PEC endorse this and gazette it as required by tomorrow. What this means is that it enables the Police to arrest and detain people within the fight zone, without requiring a warrant. This does not mean that Lae is declared as a State of Emergency.
The Back Road area has been causing problems this afternoon and the Police have actually shot some determined combatants. The Police advise that the POM Mobile Unit is now on their way to deal with this problem at the moment. There are more Mobile Units on their way from the Highlands to beef up the numbers.
Please do not travel to Malahang, Bumayong, Kamkumung and Taraka areas, or if really necessary then exercise extreme caution and care.
(Unitech, where I live, is across the road from Taraka…)
Lae may not be that different from Atlanta at the moment from the way it sounds…though Atlanta police may have better riot gear and might be less likely to shoot on the spot…
@ the edge 