A retired army officer who tried to overthrow the Papua New Guinea
government last week appeared in court on Sunday and was charged with
mutiny.Police say, retired colonel Yaura Sasa was arrested on Saturday.
Sasa and a group of around 30 armed rebel soldiers placed the military's top commander under house arrest in a bloodless, pre-dawn mutiny on early Thursday.
He threatened unspecified military action unless Prime Minister Peter O'Neill complied with a Supreme Court order to re-instate ousted Prime Minister Michael Somare.
But the crisis ended later in the day after police arrested at least 15 of the mutinous soldiers and freed the army commander who had been under house arrest.
Sasa and a group of around 30 armed rebel soldiers placed the military's top commander under house arrest in a bloodless, pre-dawn mutiny on early Thursday.
He threatened unspecified military action unless Prime Minister Peter O'Neill complied with a Supreme Court order to re-instate ousted Prime Minister Michael Somare.
But the crisis ended later in the day after police arrested at least 15 of the mutinous soldiers and freed the army commander who had been under house arrest.
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