A suspicious object in a container off Port Moresby was initially reported as a Chinese artillery shell, per PNG Police Report.
The Chinese Embassy later clarified that the item was actually a wine bottle, not a military projectile, according to SCMP.
Local authorities confirmed the object was not an unexploded ordnance, easing public concern over potential security threats, ABC News Australia reports.
No further developments have been reported regarding this incident in recent news cycles.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: Security threat. Its words also reach E11 organizations, E7 ecosystems and E9 cultures.
Here it is a dynamic between states, organizations and ecosystems: Chinese Embassy, PNG Police Report and security threats (E12 states), with local authorities and unexploded ordnance (E11 organizations), and suspicious object (E7 ecosystems).
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: Chinese Embassy, PNG Police Report, security threats.
The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: local authorities, unexploded ordnance.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: suspicious object.
The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: ABC News Australia.