Greenpeace protestors evicted from ship in PNG

06/09/2008 09:06:40

Armed police officers have ended a three day protest by Greenpeace activists who have been preventing an export ship loading logs at a remote port in Papua New Guinea.

PNG Correspondent Steve Marshall reports Police officers carrying M16 rifles boarded the export ship and ordered Greenpeace activists down from a loading crane they'd commandeered since Wednesday.

Greenpeace spokesman Tiy Chung said the police escorted a company logging official who'd agreed to a land owner request to set a date for a review of logging operations.

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza will continue roaming Papua New Guinea waters on it's save the forests and climate campaign.

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