Papua New Guinea Justice Minister Mark Maipakai admitted...

Papua New Guinea Justice Minister Mark Maipakai admitted in parliament that there was a problem in how the death penalty would be carried out once it was imposed on a prisoner. The minister said he had secured funds to go overseas on a fact-finding trip to find out how the death penalty could be implemented. Mr Maipakai was responding to questions from MP Kuri Kingal, who wanted to know why it was taking so long to execute those who had been sentenced to death. Mr Kingal asked if there were legal hindrances to the imposition of the death penalty. Mr Maipakai said that the government was aware that there were seven people currently on death row, but he did not say who they were and why they were on death row.