PNG government deploys troops to stem attacks near PNG LNG project

The PNG Defence Force will be sent to Hela province, where dozens of people have recently been killed in tribal violence.

Landowners in the province earlier this month threatened to cause “chaos” and possibly directly attack the PNG LNG project over the ongoing dispute about royalties and equity in the project.

PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said the military would work with police to carry out security operations in the province.

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