Papua New Guinea politicians made renewed calls for...

Papua New Guinea politicians made renewed calls for the death penalty for the most serious cases of rape and murder following the callous killing of a Roman Catholic priest.
Dutch-born, the Reverend Father Hubert Hofmans, 62, was shot through the left eye in the northern city of Lae on November 23 when he told armed robbers that he did not have any money. The killers made off with just kina 45.
In parliament during Grievance Debate, many MPs renewed earlier calls for the hanging of the worst criminals. Capital punishment is enacted by law here, but has never been carried out.