Cabinet minister and family missing at sea

A Bougainville Cabinet minister and six other people have been reported missing at sea after departing Buka on Saturday. Charry Napto, the MP for the Nissan constituency, was made the Health Minister earlier this month, after the death of Raymond Masono. The Post Courier reported the Autonomous Bougainville Government’s disaster and emergency director, John Imaka, reported the boat missing on a journey to Nissan Island. As well as Napto, the boat was carrying his wife and son, a Digicel technician, a primary school teacher and the two boat operators. – RNZ