Jemima Garrett

A Commission of Inquiry into disputed land leases in Papua New Guinea has referred executives of a land holding company to the police, after an incident of alleged intimidation against Commissioner, Nicholas Mirou.

Commissioner Nicholas Mirou referred four executives of Limoa Holdings, including its chairman Francis Yabarasa to police after an incident at the company's nursery site at Turubu in East Sepik province earlier this week. 

Eye witnesses say the executives were among a small angry mob that shouted at the commissioner and set upon his vehicle and attempted to break the windscreen. 

The inquiry is looking into the circumstances surrounding letting of 11 per cent of PNG's land mass under Special Agricultural and Business leases. 

Landowners have claimed that many of the leases were made without their permission and that the land is being used for logging rather than business ventures.