Riots underline Papua New Guinea's social and economic fragility

Looting in Port Moresby follows decades of urban squalor and neglect

HAMISH MCDONALD, Contributing writer

SYDNEY -- Just over a year ago, Port Moresby's main hospital was revealed to be storing the bodies of deceased patients in an open shed because its refrigerated morgue was full.

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