14 April 2006 :

new Justice Minister Bire Kimisopa said during a press conference in Port Moresby that Papua New Guinea was not yet ready to impose the death penalty.
“Killing Papua New Guineans is out of my calendar, and I will work towards aborting the death penalty.”
Kimisopa said the move was already before Cabinet.
He said PNG was not in a position to impose the death penalty because the Police and Justice Departments could not fully verify hard facts and evidence to support capital punishment against those held on death row.
“The police forensic (lab) does not have up-to-date equipment to prove a murder or rape, and finger print machines and other such machines to assist police in investigations are not that up-to-date to give accurate evidences to clearly and accurately prove someone guilty for a death penalty.”