2 weeks Ago By postcourieronline
IN the midst of a sea of red, a family in black stood shoulder-to-shoulder, begging yet again for justice for their late daughter, Jessica Enoch Yori, who was the victim of a recent mugging attack that turned fatal at the busy Tabari bus stop at Boroko. Their plea for justice joins that of hundreds of other families still mourning the loss of their beloved daughters, who are victims of gender-based violence and violence against women and girls in public spaces. The “Redvember Walk” to end violence in the National Capital District saw thousands put up a united front against what is described as an ‘epidemic’ against women and girls in the country.
“Denying justice is allowing the continuance of violence,” said NCD Governor Powes Parkop, a staunch supporter of the campaign against violence. He said police must double their efforts to capture the perpetrators. “I want to acknowledge the family of the late Jessica Enoch Yori.
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and family, who are all in black today,” Mr Parkop said. “You coming out to make this very important call that justice must be served is welcome — but justice for you has not been done up to now and the perpetrator is still roaming free. “I want to add my voice to your call for the police to multiply their efforts to arrest this person.
“We all know him and we must arrest him. When we arrest one perpetrator, everybody else who might have the tendency to commit violence against women — and against girls — will start to stop. “When we fail one family, we fail everybody because we are giving permission — allowing the continuation of violence against women, violence against girls and violence in general in our city and in our country.
“So today I want to join them in this important call that one perpetrator should not escape justice. “I want to acknowledge all the other families of victims of gender-based violence—violence against women and girls in our country. “In the recent past, we have seen an upsurge in the level of violence in our city and in our country and today I am thankful that we all came out to make this very important statement.
“Just by us standing in numbers is a big statement.” On Saturday, October 12, 2024, the late Jessica, from Salt-Nomane, Chimbu, was stabbed for resisting a mugger who grabbed her bag at Boroko’s busy Tabari bus stop. Police say the deceased was stabbed between 10am and 12 noon, where she died allegedly from loss of blood at the crime scene.
The incident sparked country wide outburst from citizens calling on the National Government, NCDC and the police to beef up on security in Port Moresby. This resulted in several changes in the hierarchy of NCD police. On Tuesday, October 19, NCD police released a statement announcing the apprehension of two suspects at Hohola police station.
The Post-Courier reached out to NCD police for updates on the case, however when Post-Courier went to print, information was not forthcoming. Late Jessica’s family have vowed to continue to fight for her justice..
