Solomon Islands police consider exhumation of mass graves on Weather Coast.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

web site on 3 September

Acting Commissioner of Police Ben McDevitt says the exhumation or recovery of human remains from mass graves on the Weather Coast of Guadalcanal is something that needs to be carefully considered. Mr McDevitt told a media briefing in Honiara this afternoon that there are a number of issues that need to be considered, including the wishes of relatives of the deceased. He said the other issue is whether the recovery is necessary to prove the fact that death itself or whether it will add evidence to the compilation of brief of evidences to determine the …