Ironically, every hour Fijians living abroad take to Facebook to show off their children, family re-unions, sumptuous and expensive meals, and the wonderful lifestyle they are leading abroad. We agree that the Fiji Immigration authorities have to act but to make the Iranian into some sort of a "vile Muslim terrorist" is uncalled for while we are silent on "economic terrorists" who have fleeced Fiji and their own communities from the debris of coups in Fiji; if he was a young American who had fled from Manus Island, Hollywood would be in Fiji to do a movie, in the mould of ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ, a 1979 American docudrama prison thriller that dramatizes the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island

Its nearly FOURTEEN years, and mysterious "Harbhajan Lal" is still on "THE RUN", the man who allegedly transferred $2million in Mahendra Chaudhry's Sydney bank account after the 2000 failed George Speight coup for the Chaudhry family to relocate to Australia

"We have to determine for ourselves the real identity of this Loghman Sawari and establish who he really is and how he managed to escape from Papua New Guinea, obtain an air ticket and travel to Fiji" - Mahendra Chaudhry

And yet Chaudhry has neither produced nor revealed the REAL identity of "Harbhajan Lal" the man who allegedly transferred the $2million, and whom Mick Beddoes had described as the mysterious
"Indian Santa Claus"

Lest we forget Chaudhry's New Zealand bank account! http://fijisun.com.fj/2008/09/03/lest-we-forget-chaudhrys-bank-account-in-new-zealand/
Chaudhry had opened the ANZ bank account in NZ shortly after he was released from Parliament by George Speight and other nationalist and racist native Fijians; by the time FIRCA cornered him, the NZ account was estimated at $400,000

Fijileaks: Let us wait and see if this young Iranian asylum seeker is a genuine refugee or a mere fraudster like others before him in Fiji who got millions and rode into the sunset. If he is NOT than he should be subjected to the full brunt of the law, for unlike the coupists Sitiveni Rabuka, Frank Bainimarama and others, he does not have IMMUNITY

Meanwhile, as Donald Trump fires his acting Attorney-General for refusing to endorse the executive order restricting Muslim travel and immigration to United States, another Attorney-General should be a very worried man - YES - Fiji's Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum who had lied on his VISA FORM to get entry into America

VIOLATED UNITED STATES
IMMIGRATION LAW: LIED ON HIS VISA FORM

(Note: The USG revoked [Aiyaz] Sayed-Khaiyum's 10-year visa in early 2007, notifying him by phone and letter. Interestingly, on the transit-visa application, Sayed-Khaiyum checked the box indicating he had never had a U.S. visa revoked.) Larry Dinger, then US ambassador to Fiji, in Wikileaks cable to Washington, May 11, 2008

Making misrepresentations on an application for immigration benefits is a ground of inadmissibility under U.S. Immigration Law. The former ambassador Larry Dinger's cable (Wikileaks) clearly state Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum LIED on his Visa Application in 2008

“Boy, that Wikileaks has done a job on her [Hillary Clinton], hasn’t it?” - Donald Trump during the Presidential Election Campaign

Trump: “One of the big advantages of me having a rather large microphone… is that I can talk about Wikileaks”

Trump: “Wikileaks, some new stuff, some brutal stuff”
We have all of these new charges, did you see it just came down today? Wikileaks, some new stuff, some brutal stuff. I mean I’d read it to you but to hell with it trust me it’s real bad stuff. The speech transcripts contain scandalous revelations about Hillary Clinton that disqualify her from seeking public office. And she is. [10/10/16]

Trump: “I’ll tell you this Wikileaks stuff is unbelievable…you gotta read it.”
I’ll tell you this Wikileaks stuff is unbelievable. It tells you the inner heart, you gotta read it and you gotta maybe get it because they’re not putting it out. They want to put it out but they can’t do that because without the media and without the press Hillary Clinton would be nothing. She’d be nothing. Zero. [10/12/16]

Trump to Bill O’Reilly: “Wikileaks is amazing”
The problem is, Bill, I would hammer it, but the press doesn’t pick it up. The press is hardly even talking about Wikileaks. You now that. Wikileaks is amazing. The stuff that’s coming out, it shows she’s a real LIAR..."

Fijileaks: "First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to
speak for me." -- Martin Niemöller [1892-1984] was a prominent Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps

"My great grandparents came from Germany, Austria and Poland. Priscilla's parents were refugees from China and Vietnam. The United States is a nation of immigrants, and we should be proud of that.

Like many of you, I'm concerned about the impact of the recent executive orders signed by President Trump.

We need to keep this country safe, but we should do that by focusing on people who actually pose a threat. Expanding the focus of law enforcement beyond people who are real threats would make all Americans less safe by diverting resources, while millions of undocumented folks who don't pose a threat will live in fear of deportation.
We should also keep our doors open to refugees and those who need help. That's who we are. Had we turned away refugees a few decades ago, Priscilla's family wouldn't be here today.

That said, I was glad to hear President Trump say he's going to "work something out" for Dreamers -- immigrants who were brought to this country at a young age by their parents. Right now, 750,000 Dreamers benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that allows them to live and work legally in the US. I hope the President and his team keep these protections in place, and over the next few weeks I'll be working with our team at FWD.us to find ways we can help.
I'm also glad the President believes our country should continue to benefit from "people of great talent coming into the country."

These issues are personal for me even beyond my family. A few years ago, I taught a class at a local middle school where some of my best students were undocumented. They are our future too. We are a nation of immigrants, and we all benefit when the best and brightest from around the world can live, work and contribute here. I hope we find the courage and compassion to bring people together and make this world a better place for everyone."

"The penalty for treason in all Commonwealth countries is death, and if this is to be my destiny I will accept it," Rabuka, 19 May 1987; he later promoted himself Major-General, and for the last 30 years is hiding behind the shield of IMMUNITY after subjecting Indo-Fijians to torture, violence, displacement, and second-class citizenship (the list is too long); and now is heading to the White House to breakfast with his re-incarnation Donald Trump - who is treating MUSLIMS with utter and despicable contempt.

Fiji-born Mohammed Rafiq Kahan marching with Victor Lal in London against Rabuka and his racist coups. Kahan was accused of smuggling the "Guns of Lautoka" into Fiji

And for Fiji Immigration authorities to explain to us how he got into Fiji? Broke and destitute, the young Iranian asylum seeker Logham Sawari has been given refuge by a Fijian family and is planning to present himself to Fiji immigration officials on Monday to seek protection

"Hopelessness and living in constant fear [in PNG] is leading him to consider drastic action. I also believe that his mental health is declining and is at a point where he needs to be given the support and safety very soon. I am very concerned for him. He is exhausted and I believe he is unable to continue. I also believe he will make some decisions that will see him either lose his life or at least end up more damaged."
Trauma worker Janet Galbraith to the UNHCR

Loghman Sawari in Fiji

Iranian refugee asylum seeker Loghman Sawari with his identify card in 2015

WE must remember thousands of Indo-Fijians (many not even politically active) fled Fiji with or without their families from RACIST SITIVENI RABUKA and India even secretly gave deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Chaudhry $2million to relocate to Australia with his family following the George Speight failed coup, and Ratu Tevita Mara fled to Tonga in a daring escape from Aiyaz Khaiyum and Frank Bainimarama, not to mention many native Fijians who fled abroad following the 2006 coup
"We may well entertain a vision of a world without refugees - a world in which men and women are never in jeopardy on account of their religion, their nationality, their political views, or their membership of any group, of a world in which people need never flee from war and civil strife. But this is not the sort of world in which we live. We can so easily be seized by despair or cynicism, by the wish to cultivate our own garden and to be sufficient unto ourselves. In the years that lie ahead, too, we shall encounter men and women on the run. It is beyond the capacity of mankind to predict where and when new refugee problems will arise. But we possess the fundamental ideas on human rights and a sense of fellow feeling that goes beyond countries and continents, religions, cultures, and racial borders. We live in a world community of states, as reflected in the United Nations. But we are living, too, in the world community of men and women - many of them men and women who are stateless..."
The Norwegian Nobel Committee while awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 1981 to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Loghman Sawari pictured in Papua New Guinea in 2015

 Escape from Manus Island: Iranian refugee seeks asylum in Fiji
By Michel Gordon, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 January 2017

When we asked for Indo-Fijian rights, Sitiveni Rabuka through his illegal decrees and native Fijian lawyers in 1987 called me and others "TERRORISTS" who were plotting to overthrow him through the smuggled "GUNS OF LAUTOKA" - Victor Lal, 29 January 2017;
"An Opponent of a Dictator is an Enemy of the State", whether it is
in Fiji or Iran. So, let us give this young Iranian asylum seeker the opportunity to prove his claim for asylum in Fiji, and not speak the despicable Donald Trump language against all MUSLIMS. Rabuka had branded all Hindus and Muslims as PAGANS who should be converted to Christianity. It was a matter of Sink or Swim with Indo-Fijians in Fiji

The characters might have changed in Fiji but the language "anti-government terrorist" was still rife as late as last year - 2016:

From Fiji TV, 26 January 2017:

Fiji Government website, 23 December 2014:
"Attorney General and Minister for Finance Hon. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum handed over 147 crown and native leases to Clopcott squatters in Ba. Most of these residents have lived in Clopcott for over half a century and the handing over of leases not only brought an early Christmas for resident[s] but also homes"

"Look, when you talk to me, make sure you have some sense in it":
Fiji's very own Donald Trump [Bala] to Fiji TV, January 2017

"Mr [Parveen] Bala would like to thank you all who voted for him in the [2014] election" - Khaiyum to Clopcott squatters (see video below)

STINGING BACK: "We can't drink water from the bucket because it is full of mosquitoes" - Clopcott squatter resident Archana to Fiji TV; Khaiyum to squatters: "We are giving you not only leases but clean WATER...."

"We also urge I-Taukei landowners to sub-divide their land and lease it to developers and businessman, and not to sell it to developers who sub-divide, and sell it on..."
Aiyaz Khaiyum to Clopcott Squatter residents, December 2014

MINISTER FOR LANDS Faiyaz Koya and three others sub-divided and sold a piece of land to Aiyaz Khaiyum and his mother Latifa of Midlife Investments Ltd for $100,000 but in his Statutory Declaration under his Electoral Decree Aiyaz Khaiyum falsely declared that the land was worth $80,000, and the Supervisor of Elections accepted his explanation

WORLDS APART: CLOPCOTT Squatter settlement in Ba and Aiyaz Khaiyum's "Life of Riley" after the 2006 treasonous coup

The Sri Lankan Judge refused to accept Ark's Native leased land as security. What about other individuals and institutions who have borrowed millions from the banks against their native leased lands?

Ironical. In 2006 the then raging military commander Frank Bainimarama had gone to New Zealand for his granddaughter's christening but on learning that he might be arrested, FLED to Fiji, and executed the COUP

Fijileaks: Should Fiji Times publisher Arts be permitted to travel to NZ?

HALLS mean BALLS

In December 2010 Mahendra Chaudhry's defence lawyer Rajendra Chaudhry had asked the Suva High Court for his father's bail to be granted without any restrictions, despite being charged with failure to surrender foreign currency, where it was alleged that "Mahendra Chaudhry between November 2000 and July 2010 retained [in Australia] the sum of AUS$1.5 million for his own use and benefit, without the consent of the
Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji". 
Rajendra Chaudhry had filed the application on his father’s behalf saying the FLP leader should be allowed to travel overseas. In his application to Justice Daniel Goundar, counsel Chaudhry stated that the current bail restrictions imposed on his client (father) was a violation of his (Mahendra Chaudhry's) basic human right to travel. Chaudhry’s application was based on the reason that he needed medical treatment in Australia. Rajendra Chaudhry told the court that his father would be in Australia from 28 December to 26 January for treatment. Chaudhry also asked if his client's wife (Mrs Chaudhry) could also accompany him on the trip as she also needed urgent medical treatment. State lawyer, Ana Tuiketei, did not oppose to Chaudhry’s application however she asked that bail be granted but with certain restrictions. She told Justice Goundar they were concerned that Chaudhry would likely access his account in Australia which they would be using as evidence. Mahendra Chaudhry was granted bail to travel. In January 2011 Mahendra Chaudhry was again allowed by Justice Goundar to travel to Hawaii for a conference organised by the Pacific Island Development Programme  conference. Rajendra Chaudhry told the court that Chaudhry was not a flight risk as he recently returned from Australia after medical treatment and that he still had two sureties who would vouch for this.
In February 2013,  Mahendra Chaudhry was again granted bail variation to travel to Australia for medical reasons between 4 and 18 March. There was widespread concern that if granted permission to travel to Australia, Chaudhry might not only use part of the money ($2million in Australia and over $400,000 in New Zealand bank accounts) but jump bail, and seek political asylum in Australia, given his high political profile. In the end, the High Court granted Chaudhry the permission to travel to Australia. We have no doubt that Arts would have returned to Fiji to stand trial. JUSTICE is meant to be BLIND. What about many Indo-Fijians who returned to Fiji after obtaining dual citizenship, only to rob, mess up, and run back to their adopted countries:

http://www.fijileaks.com/home/bainimaramas-willing-brigade-post-2006-coup-interim-finance-minister-chaudhry-talked-john-samy-into-formulating-peoples-charter

http://www.fijileaks.com/home/22million-fiji-development-bank-loan-to-insult-native-fijians-on-fbc-tv-fiji-hindi-speaking-nemani-bainivalu-the-host-of-wasea-bhasha-insults-i-taukei-on-his-program-in-2014-he-had-whacked-a-kailoma

Fiji Labour Party had put Justices Anthony Gates and Nazhat Shameem on the Fiji High Court bench