During
the riot outbreak at the Regional Processing Centre, the Asylum Seekers burned down 80% of the entire camp leaving the kitchen and the Asylum Seekers
recreation area.
It
is said that one of the Asylum Seekers who didn’t want to get involved in the
riot had informed one of the local employee at the camp that a riot is going to
take place at 2:30pm in the afternoon and that he must expect the worst case
scenario to happen if the whole thing unfold.
Besides
that, the Government of the Republic of Nauru had been forewarned of what
is about to happen and they called the Commissioner of Police to discuss
plans to preventing the whole activity, and the Commissioner told them that he
already have a contingency plan in place.
According
to anonymous source, the failure of policing at the time of the riot has to
revert back to the Commissioner of Police and Transfield Management for not
taking the initiative to preventing the entire situation, but being very
inactivity in their strategic approach.
It is said that the Asylum
Seekers protest begins a day before the riot reach its maximum peak, but
Transfield Management and the Commissioner of Police decides to act cool, like
nothing is going on. Hence, their act of ignorance has shown evidence of what
it is to being non-productive.
Based
on the anonymous information, a day before the riot, local employees at the
camp have been given precaution to not go any place near the Asylum Seekers settlements.
On that same day or the following day before the riot, an asylum seeker poured
hot water on a local lady who is working at the kitchen.
Hence,
by the time the riot took place, a local police officer Mr. Rory Detageouwa was
stabbed with a knife on the arm by an asylum seeker during the riot that led to
only worsen the entire situation and the end result is, some asylum seekers
have been violently treated by the locals, despite the heavy security measures
put into place to protect them.
Before
the asylum seekers decides to surrender, there were seven explosions erupted from
inside the camp and besides that, it is said that the asylum seekers are
throwing rocks and flaming stones at the police response team, which only makes
the situation more difficult than it is already.
One
asylum seeker had been carried out by the Wilson Security to the ambulance and
on the way, got beaten up by the locals despite the securities joint effort to
ensuring his safety.
Hence, RPC buses are stoned by the locals while at the same time
the asylum seekers dug inside the buses to avoid injuries. Some are crying and
screaming for their lives, while the joint security task force between Wilson,
Sterling and the Nauru Police Force are trying to control the crowd.
Unfortunately,
those who had managed to get on the buses may have escape the trouble at the
camp, for just few minutes to experience another attack outside the police
station, while the others at the main central prison.
The
entire nation has been left under alert for any asylum seekers that are
believed to have escaped the camp and luckily, none had been spotted anywhere,
otherwise they will have to suffer the worst.
Giving
into account the effort of the Wilson, Sterling and the Nauru Police Force, the Asylum Seekers are lucky
enough to have been protected by those they have harmed earlier, because the time they surrendered, Sterling Wilson and the Nauru Police Force are
the ones forming the line to control the angry crowd waiting outside the camp.
Thus,
it is very unfortunate that the following day after the riot, Nauruan workers
at the Regional Processing Centre employed under the Salvation Army are laid
off from work for 1 week. Thus, these people include those who had left the
Public Services and other Public Sectors to find employment at the camp.
Hence
the Government’s decision to removing the Commissioner of Police Mr. Richard
Britten is a good initiative, as Mr. Britten’s non-active policies have
affected the overall image of the Nauru Police Force.
Today
Cabinet and Caucus are going up to the camp for a site visit as per one of the
Caucus members, and hopeful they will release some update on their view in this
matter later on today.
The
other issue that RPC personnel should worry about now is the welfare of the
asylum seekers, as they are at risk now to be released into the communities
anytime right after the riot. It is wise for both the Australia and Nauru
Government to consider replacing the current, as they are now considered threat
to the communities and maybe harmed if seen outside the camp.
More
update will be posted.
