Peter Sharp says commission acted as ‘an inquisition’
By David Lornie
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (PNG Post-Courier, Feb. 28, 2013) – Peter Sharp, the owner of the MV Rabaul Queen, which sank in rough waters off the Morobe coast last February in Papua New Guinea, has broken his year-long public silence to speak exclusively to the Post-Courier.
Over the past year, Captain Sharp has been the target of intense public hatred, with calls for his arrest and worse.
After releasing an initial statement to the public, Sharp avoided talking to the media.
Slammed for not being more accessible after the disaster, Sharp now explains his public silence.
"I made the initial (public) statement at the insistence of my family members and because I thought it’s necessary. After that, anything I said would have been twisted and used to sell papers, not telling the truth."
Captain Sharp attacked the Commission of Inquiry into the Sinking of the MV...