The officers need only to contact me requesting I make myself available for an interview and I will be happy to turn up to the nearest police station.

Unlike what happened in 2014, they won't have to deploy 14 uniformed officers to hunt me down to lock me up.

Back then I was illegally arrested on fabricated charges of attempting to murder the former police minister for and member for Madang, charges that in my view were politically motivated in an effort to silence me over my efforts to expose high level corruption in relation to the former prime minister Peter O'Neill.

I say this because I was locked up in the police cell even after I obtained a bail order from the district court. My lawyer had to threaten contempt proceedings against the officer in charge of the station before I was finally released in the middle of the night.

Soon after being locked in a cell I was subjected to threats and intimidation by an officer who directed me to an area located at the back police cell house, an area where detainees are typically subjected to police brutality or permanently silenced.

Fortunately for me, a number of the detainees transferred from Bomana awaiting trial stepped in and took me under their care. They explained that, while police control the main door in and out of the cells, the prisoners control what goes on inside the cells.

I was eventually released and the charges against me later thrown out by the court.

A lot has changed since 2014. Back then I was just an ordinary citizen doing my civic duty educating the public on government and the judiciary and exposing high level corruption.

However, today I am member of parliament and a minister of state, the minister for police to be precise.

It seems certain people in high places are deeply concerned following my recent appointment and retirement of former police commissioner Gary Baki, and perhaps they should be.

So when will I be arrested?

If not today, then perhaps sometime this week. My concern will not be so much about my safety but the safety of the members of the force.

When word of my arrest goes public to 800,000 residents in the national capital or millions of people throughout the country, one would expect an immediate response.

My concern is that tens of thousands of people will converge on police stations around the city in protest. At that point I will not be in a position to guarantee any officers or the public's safety.

With the exception of a handful of corrupt officers, I have absolute confidence in the remaining 7,000 plus police who respect and uphold the rule of law and wear their uniform with pride and distinction.

This was why I decided to go back on my word to remain in opposition and instead accept appointment as police minister. I did so with the genuine intention to address the many issues facing our men and women in blue as well as to improve public safety.

Unfortunately many members of the public don't share the same view and have come to fear and resent the police force.

One can't blame them given that many have been victims of police brutality, have lost loved ones to unlawful shootings or been subjected to verbal threats, extortion and intimidation.

I'm sure I don't have to explain the likely outcome if certain corrupt members of the force collude with corrupt politicians in an attempt to bring me down.

A message to those who are silly enough to think that my arrest will somehow silence me or dislodge me from my cause to fight for the welfare of eight million people of PNG. I didn't seek elected office to be a career politician.

When prime minister James Marape contacted me to notify me of his decision to appoint me as minister for police he explained the job will come with serious risks to my personal safety and I should take appropriate measures.

My response was, God will decide when it is time for me to leave this earth and if it happens in my cause to fight corruption then so be it. And if He says it's not time, then it's not time.

I explained if I start focusing on my personal safety it would be like questioning my own faith.

Since taking office I have declined police close protection, police escorts or even a designated driver.

I regularly get asked about the risks that come with what I do and my response has always been and will continue to be I have no question of doubt that I will eventually get killed for what I do.

It goes without saying when you get in the way of those stealing billions of kina in public funds, they will do whatever it takes to get rid of you.

When it happens, as I'm certain it will, fighting corruption and the welfare of others less fortunate will no longer be my problem, it will an issue for the next generation to take on.

For now I will continue to support the Marape-Steven Government in its vision to fight corruption and ensure a better future for our people.