The company supplying food to more than 170 inmates in a Papua New Guinea jail has now resumed its deliveries after almost a week’s suspension.
The owner of Whiskey Fresh Ltd, Berry Maip, told local media last week that he suspended the service in protest for unpaid bills dating back to November last year.
But the acting commissioner of PNG correctional services, Stephen Pokanis, said while payment delays of sometimes up to two months have occurred in recent times Mr Maip’s claims are false.
Mr Pokanis said he had met the Whiskey Fresh owner on Thursday and the situation was now resolved.
“The correctional services has done its payment and everything should be OK.”
