Aust ferry owner faces mass charges in PNG

AAP Papua New Guinea Correspondent

PORT MORESBY, Aug 20 AAP - An Australian expat is facing as many as 162 charges of manslaughter following an investigation into last year's sinking of the Rabaul Queen.

Peter Sharp, who owned the ferry when it sank in rough weather off Lae in February 2012, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Rabaul, in PNG's East New Britain province.

PNG radio station Legend FM is quoting police as saying Mr Sharp was charged on Tuesday afternoon with 162 counts of manslaughter and one count of operating an unseaworthy vessel.

He is also being charged with negligence.

When contacted by AAP, police would only confirm Mr Sharp was being interviewed.

"He is facing charges," assistant commissioner Anton Billie told AAP.

"The men are interviewing him now."

The exact death toll from the disaster is unknown because Mr Sharp's company, Rabaul Shipping, did not have a complete passenger manifest.

There were as many as 350 people aboard the ferry when it sank.

An official inquiry found the ferry was unsafe, overloaded and should not have been at sea.

Mr Sharp is expected to appear in court on Wednesday.

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