The former DPP and once Sandhurst trained soldier ACA RAYAWA on PAP leader Sitiveni Rabuka's alleged role in the 2000 Bloody Mutiny at QEB where the current RFMF Commander Ratu Jone Kalouniwai was being held hostage by the mutinous rebel soldiers:
'I arrested Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka on 2nd November 2000 because he countermanded the lawful command by ordering a ceasefire without legitimate authority halfway through the assault. This confused us to cease fire that allowed the rebel soldiers to escape. That was aiding and abetting their escape. When I finally got confirmation that the ceasefire order was unlawful, we continued with the assault and SLR continued to order us to cease fire, even from under the table. After the assault he wanted to turn me and use me to achieve what the rebel soldiers had been demanding and that is to get the negotiation process started. This negotiation was the rebel soldiers strategy that will eventually lead to the civilians crowding into camp and a repeat of the Parliament takeover fiasco experienced 6 months earlier, repeated at QEB. I shouted that I receive orders only from the lawful Commander and no one else...KNOW THESE FACTS WHEN MAKING YOUR DECISION.'
Rabuka is still hiding behind the IMMUNITY he gave himself and to his soldiers after the 1987 Coups for overthrowing the Bavadra led government, and going on to TORTURE, RAPE, BEAT and DISENFRANCHISE INDO-FIJIANS.
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