NEW DAWN FM

THREE SISTER SHIPS OF THE SUNKEN passenger vessel Rabaul Queen are still being detained at Buka wharf in Bougainville while talks between Rabaul Shipping continues for their release.

They include the Solomon Queen, pictured at right.

A spokesmen for the grieving relatives of those who perished, ex-combatant leader John Angamata, said the boats will be released as soon as everything is ‘sorted out’ with the shipping company.

He said guards were on board the ships to provide security for the crews and the vessels.

He said the situation was tense and he did not want ‘some opportunists’ to damage the ships.