Politician jailed for murder A local body politician in Papua New Guinea has been jailed for 30 years for shooting a student to death two years ago. Sent Koip, a ward councillor in Jiwaka, was sentenced in Port Moresby by the Chief Justice, Sir Gibbs Salika. The judge told Koip he had abused his responsibility by shooting the student instead of addressing any concerns at an appropriate forum. Koip had claimed the student was disturbing one of his tenants. Meanwhile, the National newspaper reports the University of PNG has announced that the student would posthumously graduate. He was in the final month of his degree at the time of the shooting in 2019.