Media Releases

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) have turned back a yacht believed to be from Malaysia from entering Solomon Islands territory.

Acting Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau says, “The yacht with a Malaysian on board was chased back from the Solomon Sea by officers in the MOI after receiving reports from communities on Lord Howe who feared those on board the yacht might be affected with Covid-19.”

The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Western Province assures people in Solomon Islands that there has been no border crossing at the country’s common border with Papua New Guinea after the recent awareness program on the coronavirus (COVID-19).

RSIPF makes the assurance after it has been reported a person positive with COVID-19 is in Kokopo Village on New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea. This is not far from Bougainville.

Crowded places, playing ludo, sharing smoke, hand shaking and sharing of lime and betel nut are possible ways of transmitting the coronavirus (COVID-19).

This was among the key messages highlighted during the awareness talks held by the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) on 8 April 2020 for its officers at Yandina Police Station in the Russell Islands, Central Province to prevent any outbreak of the virus.

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is preparing for a deployment to the common border with Papua New Guinea as Solomon Islands continues to protect its borders from the coronavirus (COVID-19) entering the country.

RSIPF officers from Western and Choiseul Provinces including members of the Police Response Team (PRT) from Honiara have been manning the Solomon Islands side of the common border for the past month.