The Papua New Guinea trial regarding the MV Rabaul Queen, which sank in 2012 killing more than 170 people, has been adjourned until June.
23 prosecution witnesses have so far testified against Rabaul Shipping managing director Peter Sharp and the captain Anthony Tsiau, who are charged with manslaughter and sending an unseaworthy vessel to sea.
The witnesses include survivors and family members of those who went missing at sea during the sinking off the coast of Morobe on February 2nd, 2012.
The managing director of Rabaul Shipping in Papua New Guinea, Peter Sharp, has pleaded not guilty to the charges of manslaughter and for sending an unseaworthy vessel out to sea.
The trial of the owner of the inter-island ferry the Rabaul Queen, which killed at least 170 people when it sank off Papua New Guinea in 2012, is due to begin today.
The owner of the ill-fated MV Rabaul Queen Peter Sharp has again been arrested in Papua New Guinea.