Rochus Lokinap
Rochus Lokinap, Papua New Guinean citizenship | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | military officer |
| Known for | helped thwart a coup attempt in 1990 |
Rochus Lokinap,
Canberra Times Lokinap and Ted Diro
, then Minister of State Security, rallied forces to thwart the coup.
In April 1991 critics scrutinized actions of the PNGDF on Bougainville Island, during a civil uprising.[2] Reporters sought to interview Lokinap, senior officer of the PNGDF, and he could not be found. According to Australia's Parliamentary Research Service Lokinap regarded Colonel Lima Dataona, the on-site commander in Bougainville, as a rival, and successful in arranging his replacement by his own candidate, Colonel Leo Niua.[3]
Lokinap graduated from the Military Cadet School in
Commander of the Order of the British Empire on June 11, 1988.[8]
patrol vessel, joining sister ship HMPNGS Ted Diro. She is expected to be commissioned in late 2020 or early 2021.[citation needed
]
References
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Keith Scott (16 March 1990). "In PNG a coup on the rocks". Canberra Times. p. 1. Archivedfrom the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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Norm Dixon (24 April 1991). "PNG invades north Bougainville". Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
In the days that followed, both Nuia and the commander of the PNGDF, Brigadier-General Rochus Lokinap, could not be located by the government, which claimed it did not know who ordered the action.
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Niki Raath (19 December 1991). "Moral Support? Australia's respons to Papua New Guinea's internal security problems" (PDF). Parliamentary Research Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
Brigadier General Rochus Lokinap was reinstated he immediately and successfully demanded thereplacement of Dataona by Colonel Leo Nuia.
- Papua New Guinea Post-courier. International, Australia. 30 November 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 12 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". The Canberra Times. Vol. 62, no. 19, 067. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 December 1987. p. 1. Retrieved 12 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ R.J. May; Viberto Selochan (2004). "The Military and Democracy in Asia and the Pacific". Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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"Military-Civil Relations in the Independent State". Australian National University. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
He was replaced by Colonel Rochus Lokinap. Lokinap was the first non-Papuan commander of the PNGDF, coincidentally coming from a village in Sir Julius Chan's New Ireland electorate.
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"SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 11th JUNE 1988" (PDF). London Gazette. 11 June 1988. Archived(PDF) from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.