Father seeks answers

A CONCERNED father whose son has been missing for five months following a boat mishap between Lihir and Bougainville, is urging the Bougainville and Papua New Guinea police and National Disaster Office, along with responsible authorities, to provide clarity on the final report of their investigation.
Edward Bukil, a small business entrepreneur in Buka, has decried the manner in which police had handled the investigation of the missing person which was recorded five months ago.
Expressing his frustration with the poor communication from authorities, Bukil urged police in Buka and Police Commissioner David Manning to help his family find or seek justice for his son.
Bukil is also urging police, the Autonomous Bougainville Government and other relevant authorities to disclose the whereabouts of the six individuals who were with his son on the boat.
Five months ago, the family carried out its own investigations for Reinhart Bukil, a mechanic who was working in Lihir and operated a small auto-shop on the island.
Reinhart was part of a nine-member team of Bougainvilleans who embarked on a boat trip from Lihir to Kessa, Buka Island, on January 27.
The boat and its passengers went missing the next day. After a search and rescue operation, the boat and its occupants were located by a Chinese fishing vessel in the Pacific Ocean and taken to Kiribati.
Despite the rescue of some of the passengers, including two who were initially unaccounted for, Reinhart remains missing.
The family lodged a complaint with the police in Port Moresby and has since been met with a no updates on the investigation.