Australian prosecutors eliminate the position of aggression against Papua New Guinea

Melbourne, Australia (AP) – Australian prosecutors retired a position against a Papua government minister in New Guinea accused of assaulting a woman in Sydney.

Former oil minister Jimmy Maladina had He declared himself innocent To the assault position causing real bodily damage. The position entails a potential of five years in prison.

The prosecutors withdrew the position in a court in Sydney, where the 58 -year -old man seemed to deny the accusation that he attacked a 31 -year -old woman on July 6 of last year in one direction near Bondi Beach in the city’s expensive suburbs of the city, as shown by the judicial records.

Maladina was seen smiling with her lawyer, Margaret Cunneen, after a magistrate dismissed the position.

He did not talk to the waiting media when he left the court. He asked for comments, Cunneen told Associated Press the result “speaks for himself.”

“He is still a good character without a criminal record,” he told the AP in a text.

The Office of the Papua Prime Minister in New Guinea, James Marape, did not immediately respond to a request for comments on the former cabinet minister who was authorized and his political future.

Days after the alleged incident, Marape announced that Energy Minister Thoms OPA He had taken care of the important oil portfolio in the South Pacific Nation of Pacific rich in energy because Maladina had resigned during the judicial process. Maladina is still a government legislator.

Foreign government ministers can claim the immunity of criminal prosecution in Australia if they visit business. But there is no immunity for private visits.

Cunneen said the visit had been deprived to see her children and that Maladina had no immunity against prosecution at that time.

Papua New Guinea is the closest neighbor in Australia and was an Australian colony to Independence in 1975.