Coupfourpointfive: Fijilive journalist released with a warning

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Fijilive journalist released with a warning

Another journalist in Fiji was detained this afternoon and has been released with a warning.

Kavai Damu, from the web-based news service, Fijilive, was taken in for questioning after he wrote a story against the devaluation of the Fiji dollar.

He says he was escorted out of the newsroom by a police officer and a person from the Ministry of Information.

He says they let him go home with a warning.

A total of eight journalists have been detained and released so far.

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Anonymous said...: We support you Kavs!; April 17, 2009 at 3:46 PM

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YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

While flags were flying high and the illegal PM prancing around Natadola entertaining G77 high flyers, a naval officer's family was in mourning.

During an exercise off the MV Kiro, anchored just off the Intercontinental Resort, a 51 yr old naval officer drowned under very mysterious circumstances.

Cranky Franky was not informed of the death until well after the meeting was over - and he proceeded with fanfare and fireworks - with no regard to his men or their fellings about their fallen comrade.

The diplomatic community gathered at the event would have understood if Frankly Bananas would have informed them of the incident and conducted a muted farewell - befitting an officer and a gentleman.

Police higherarchy confirmed the incident but were unable to offer a plausible explanation as to how the incident could have happened.

The country's oldest and now timid daily ran a short piece in Thursday May 19 on page 7 where Tuidravu said the naval officer was swimming to shore as part of a security detail exercise when the incident happened.

Is this an omen perhaps ? Something to think about especially since it happened within weeks of regime supporter Tui Macuata's mysterious drowning incident.