BY ALOYSIUS LAUKAI
NEW DAWN FM

THE AUTONOMOUS BOUGAINVILLE GOVERNMENT has dissociated itself from an action that has resulted in three ships owned by Peter Sharp, head of Rabaul Shipping, being seized in Buka.

The vessels were commandeered by former Bouganville civil war combatants and relatives of passengers who were aboard the MV Rabaul Queen when it sank last Thursday.

Chief Bougainville government legal officer, Chris Siriosi, told a meeting in Buka that the ABG was not involved in holding the ships.

He said that the action was by relatives and ex combatants who are demanding to see Peter Sharp.

Mr Siriosi said that the ABG was interested in helping Bougainvilleans who were affected by the accident.