well as the National Judicial Staff Services, for his successful career at the November 2008 retirement ceremony. Mari was the founding chairman of Prison Fellowship Papua New Guinea and member of the Board of Prison Fellowship International. He has received the President's award for Ministry Statesmanship, recognizing his impact and influence in advancing the cause of doing justice with mercy. Sir Mari Kapi died from kidney failure on 25 March 2009, in Singapore at the age of 58. He had been in Singapore's Raffles Hospital since February 2009 awaiting a kidney transplant from his younger brother. However, the transplant operation had been delayed. Kapi's body was returned to Papua New Guinea for burial. See also Law of Papua New Guinea References 1950 births 2009 deaths Chief justices of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean judges Grand Companions of the Order of Logohu Knights Bachelor Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People from Central Province (Papua New Guinea) Papua New Guinean judges on the courts of Fiji University of Papua New Guinea alumni