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CASH for Honorary Consul Post: Esala Teleni was recalled to Fiji after he was accused of accepting $200,000 in bribe for recommending Fiji's new Honorary Consul in Hong Kong; Kubuabola got Teleni the present job!

20/2/2015

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Teleni, Fiji's former Ambassador to China, was recalled last November following the bribery charges; Foreign Minister Kubuabola pleaded with Bainimarama to give Teleni a "second chance"; he was last December appointed as Special Adviser to the Pacific Islands Development Forum

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(L-R) Fiji’s Ambassador to China, Esala Teleni, Frank Bainimarama and Fiji’s Honorary Consul to Hong Kong Desmond Yee. Teleni is accused of accepting bribe for Yee's replacement. Yee retired last June and was given the Order of Fiji for his 22 years of service as Honorary Consul

Fijileaks Editor: Both serial coupists Kubuabola and Teleni were also part of the debtors responsible for the collapse of the National Bank of Fiji:

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Bainimarama warns voters against politicians and hangers-on responsible for the infamous National Bank of Fiji (NBF) scandal: “Now, some of those same politicians and hangers-on who were responsible for this scandal – and others who benefited personally – are seeking your vote in the forthcoming general election. They are relying on you having short memories. They are treating you as if you are stupid. I urge you to call their bluff and consign them to the political dustbin of history.  With their noses stuck firmly in the trough, this elite – aided by a grossly irresponsible management and board – raided the National Bank of Fiji for loans that many had no intention of repaying. They ripped off their fellow Fijians...The funds of ordinary Fijians were misappropriated.
These elites effectively robbed their own countrymen and women – decent, hardworking ordinary people who had put their trust in the Bank and the Government.”

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Co-Coupster with Rabuka, NBF Debtor, to Foreign Minister - now Overlord of former DPP turned Diplomat Nazhat Shameem, once tasked with bringing to trial the likes of Kubuabola for swindling collapsed National Bank of Fiji - Of course he remains a fugitive from the long arm of the law-for COUPS have been his Shield Against the Sword of Justice! Ironically, Kubuabola, as Minister for Foreign Affairs, overruled Khaiyum who had vigorously objected to Shameem's appointment to Geneva!

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The military in almost all post-coup countries wants to control the police, to eliminate any possible threat or rebellion from another arm of state; the prison to lock up its opponents, and the immigration department, so it can prevent and persecute real and perceived enemies of military or military-cum-civilian regimes from leaving the country, or in some instances deport them while preventing others from entering the country.

This is achieved by placing at the command of the three institutions, military men in civilian clothes. In Fiji, it is spiced up with the claim that the appointments were made by the President of Fiji.

According to Fiji Television, negative media reports about the police-led Christian crusade against crime had prompted Teleni’s lecture to the Indo-Fijian police officers. The Fiji TV report captured the police chief saying: “If you are with me, you stay, if not you get out. If you get through that door, get out of the organisation. Kemudou tamata liu muri (you people are not loyal). I don’t know what’s wrong with you people. Either you come with me and take this organisation forward or you get out. Only lamulamu people (cowards) will go to the press. That will not solve the problem. I have a list of people. I’m going to start terminating their services. I am not hesitant to do that. I can sack everyone here sitting here today and I can recruit another 200 Indian officers today. I have no problems to do that. Fiji TV, Fiji Sun, Fiji Times will not help you. Let me remind you that any other Indian officers will not help you. Commissioner will help you.”

Fiji TV claimed that Teleni suggested that he had names of those who had been running to the media with their grievances and threatened that heads could roll.

Who can blame Teleni, for he made a telling admission: “I can sack everyone here sitting here today and I can recruit another 200 Indian officers today. I have no problems to do that. “

Yes, precisely, and that is why the coup culture will not end in Fiji, not to mention the bogus claim that the coup was executed to make Fiji a truly non-racial society. For every one opponent of the coup, ten will raise their hand and voice in support of it. Again, as I have written elsewhere, the coup is a career ladder for many, and even some of the most outstanding Indo-Fijians, even previous coup victims themselves, have not hesitated to praise the 2006 coup as the best of all four coups.

What we see in Teleni’s outburst is the worst and classic illustration of the claim that the coup makers become a law unto themselves. One Indo-Fijian police officer told me after Teleni’s outburst: “What can we do? Even, if we had stood up to him, to protect our Indo-Fijian dignity, honour and religion, and if he had assaulted one of us in rage, he would have been out under some Pink Ribbon later on to lead the police force – look at the Yellow Ribbon navy commander and prison convict Francis Kean.”

Fiji is rapidly slipping towards a military state, and now even police officers are told to support their military anointed police chief or get out of the force.

There is almost a sickening trend towards Indo-Fijian police officers, especially against the high-ranking ones, following coups.

Two days before he seized power, Sitiveni Rabuka was interviewed for the post of police commissioner, then held by the Indo-Fijian, Pramesh Raman.

“I had had a gutful. I wanted to leave the army because I knew deep inside me that I could not support a Coalition (Bavadra) government,” said Rabuka. He later mixed Christianity and spoils of the coup to oppress the Indo-Fijians, even throwing Raman in a police cell.

To those Indo-Fijians who are blindly supporting the coup, and now the much promised electoral reform I want to remind them of Commodore Frank Bainimarama’s previous statement: “Constitution must go before the poll, says army chief.” No, it was not a statement he made last night, it was made in February 2001 following the George Speight coup of 2000.

Bainimarama said then said, in 2001, that the next election should be held under a new constitution. In an affidavit presented to the Fiji Court of Appeal, he had said that he abrogated the 1997 Constitution because he was satisfied that people engaged in the events of May 19, 2000, were of the perception that the document had watered down the interests of indigenous Fijians.

“Whether or not those perceptions accorded with reality was not my principal consideration,” he said. “The perceptions were genuinely held by largely unsophisticated Fijians not equipped to adequately comprehend the niceties and technicalities of the Constitution. I would add, however, that in my view the perception as to watering down of previous protective provisions, and as to incomprehensibility of the Australian compulsory preferential electoral system, were well founded in fact.

I regard with vital significance of the above facts and matters to be that the holding of fresh elections is totally contingent upon the alteration of the Constitution to remove from it those aspects perceived to have the deficiencies which precipitated the events of May 19 and the promulgation of a fresh constitution not containing such deficiencies.”


His comments were contained in one of his three affidavits filed at the Court of Appeal hearing the validity of Justice Anthony Gates ruling.

What Bainimarama seemed to be have been suggesting was that the electoral system must have been defective, which saw Mahendra Chaudhry and his Fiji Labour Party come to power in the 1999 general elections, precipitating the 2000 coup. He said he abrogated the Constitution because he perceived that the continuation in force of the Constitution threatened the peace, order and internal security of the country. He said it was a threat because in the eyes of many indigenous Fijians, the 1997 Constitution had watered down “and rendered ineffective, previous provisions requiring in (accordance with internationally recognised principles) positive discrimination in favour of i-taukei indigenous Fijians”.

He said the 1997 Constitution also failed to prevent the enactment by Parliament “of measures derogating from basic legislation enacted by the British colonial administration, including the Native Land Act and the Native Land Trust Act, which legislation favoured indigenous Fijians and for more than half a century, had received universal acceptance and recognition”.

The Constitution also introduced an electoral system, based on the Australian preferential voting system, “which seemed incomprehensible to the bulk of the indigenous Fijians (and in my (i.e. Bainimarama’s) understanding of the matter, to the majority of Fiji citizens) and which procured for the previous administration (the Chaudhry government), an artificial and unnatural majority enabling that administration freely to take steps affecting Fijian land, rights and customs."

Bainimarama said under his command the military had at all times owed allegiance to the government of the day and had already pledged support for the interim Government – then led by the banker Laisenia Qarase after the Speight coup.

When those same “unsophisticated” i-taukei Fijians returned Qarase to power in the 2001 general elections, it had become suddenly acceptable but when the same electoral system again returned Qarase to power, it was no longer acceptable. Why? One wonders whether the outburst of his former military deputy and now police chief will make Fiji a truly multi-racial society, even with the introduction of the so-called “magical” electoral system now on the drawing board. The answer is an emphatic no. And, lest we forget, the then Police Commissioner Isikia Savua, who had written to President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara on 29 May 2000 advising him that in his (Savua’s) opinion the police could no longer guarantee the security of the nation.

As I have said since the 1987 coups, and I say it again, only lamulamus and their coup supporters will use the gun to grab, enjoy, use and abuse power, privilege and taxpayers money, not to mention the abuse of their opponents – all in the name of presidential decrees.

We must not forget the unaccountable backdated payslips running into hundreds of dollars and the prospect of lifelong pensions, something which the duly elected but deposed Prime Minister Qarase is not entitled to because he has challenged his dismissal in a court of law, according to Bainimarama’s rule.

We seem to forget that Ratu Mara resigned in December 2000 but backdated this to 29 May 2000 because of the “pension entitlement notion”. Oh, “Cry the Beloved Country” and Hallelujah, help those Indo-Fijian police officers lectured at by Teleni. The rule of law, Police Commissioner, means the law rules or reigns. There is nothing in the Constitution which says to the Indo-Fijian police officers – here is “Teleni’s Laws”. Even though Teleni recently claimed that it was God that had placed him to be the police commissioner.

In my book on the 1987 coups, I had written the following last words, that the Indo-Fijians with a history of rebellion on the sugar plantations and burning political ambitions in their hearts are repeating the lines of Richard Lovelace: “Stone walls do not a prison make – Nor iron bars a cage.”

The Indo-Fijian police officers must stand up for their inherent rights, for they have broken no laws. And, if need be, they should go to the newspapers, for as the great English crusading journalist Wickham Steed once remarked, the newspapers are “the bugbear of tyrants”. Even Napolean Bonaparte remarked: “I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets”.

Be that as it may, I repeat to the 2006 coupsters and their supporters who want to intimidate and subjugate the law abiding citizens, and now the Indo-Fijian police officers, that only lamulamus resort to the use of guns.

The views expressed are those of Victor Lal and not those of the Fiji Sun.
E-mail: vloxford@gmail.com. Source: Fiji Sun, February 2009



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24 Comments
And
19/2/2015 04:50:44 pm

And is accepting $200,000 in bribe by a State official a criminal offence?
Was Teleni charged for official corruption? Did he have his day in court?
Or, was this just another case of a Bainimoarama regime man exempted from the reach of the law ?
Is this the new and better Fiji build by Bainimarama and his co treasoness thugs?

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And
19/2/2015 04:54:33 pm

And I forgot to ask who gave the bribe? Did he or she get charged and hauled to court?
If not, why not?

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So
19/2/2015 07:44:01 pm

So this is why this gang are called THUGS In POWER. Not only because they came to power by unlawfully grabbing power but also because they literally stole from the people of Fiji.
What a shameless lot!

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Aur hide karo
19/2/2015 08:04:47 pm

Chor,corrupt,lier killer,womanizer you name it they have it.They will all reap what they sow,it took them 13 yrs to penalize MC, these bunch will be removed come next election- get them to court by rei.stating the court decision on 1997 constitution abrogation.

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Don't Forget...
20/2/2015 01:07:03 am

...also the biggest IP CHORS in the Pacific RIM...a Government of a Party with a stolen name ...where else in the world is a Government famed for that.

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Chororama
19/2/2015 10:09:32 pm

$200,000 Bribe ? Whow - These are the CHORS that walked in with Choromarama to Clean-up our national coffers.

But the irony about this CHOR Teleni is that he -was a CHOR Police (Polcom) and is also a good Christian Chor - Praise the Lord Type.

Just another Navy Scoundrel.

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Teleni is demented
20/2/2015 12:41:32 am

Teleni is demented.

Power possessed glory , acted like God himself, as the Polcom, ordered senior Cops to answer their telephone with "Praise the Lord" and to 'perform, sing, dance and generally make a monkey of yourselves in Teleni and the Whalers' Christian crusade and if senior Cops of any other religious denomination didn't like Teleni's particular interpretations about the words of God - then those senior Cops were free to walk, meaning, yes, FO from the Force.

The good Cops always knew the CHOR that Teleni always was -and those Cops (many were forced into retirement) are happy today to see this CHOR exposed for what he truly is.

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Chororama Ha Ha.
20/2/2015 01:32:16 am

PM - 'paisa maro' Chororama Sarkar.

If Teleni received $200,000 in bribe then he should return $140,000 of that money after paying off his wife's $60,000 NBF debt.

A Barkha CHOR was the Police Headman. And he is a serial CHOR because NBF was busted in 1997 and his wife's debt has remained unpaid since.

Aur 'praise the Lord' mari, Sala, every second sentence. Chor-Harami.

Adam's Apple
20/2/2015 01:52:05 am

Teleni dekho with his own eye, how Bainimarama, Jeeb Bharo his own pocket and kept $184,740-29 (see Fijileaks logo) of the government Money that was NOT his, which he knew was NOT his - but his greed over-powered him and Bainimarama BUTAKO this money and set the precedence to everyone to-follow the Leader.

Bainimarama did the First Chori. and Its Monkey see, Monkey do later.

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jml
20/2/2015 02:55:49 am

Teleni the Preacher Man!"You who preach against stealing, dost though not steal,accept bribes. You who brag about the law, do you dishonour God by breaking the law?You who hate others, dost though say you love God. You who abhor idols, dost though not rob and desecrate temples? You say people should not commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? As it is written"God's (Christ's) name is blasphemed among the unbelievers (non Christians) beacuse of you so called believers (Christians). Rom. Ch2:21+. There is a word for it. HYPOCRITE. VIPERS.

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Remember Daaku?
20/2/2015 05:51:23 am

Don't forget that this money was all carved out and approved for Choro-marama by his then Finance Minister Chaudhary. That was Daaku's way of saying thank you to Bai. So it was Daaku in the sense who really corrupted ChoroMarama.

Poor Daaku -even all his votes got uncounted, during the rigging hour, at the last elections.

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Paisa Mara PM
22/2/2015 01:55:21 am

What does Bainimarama (ChoroMarama) has to say about $F184,729-29 that he CHORO ??

'Paisa Mara' (PM) is the best title for this CHOR !

What is the TRUTH ?
22/2/2015 02:01:07 am

Fijileaks please update us about this 'paisa mara' PM - how exactly he paisa maro? Some supporters of the PM (paisa maro) say that Baini has actually returned this money when he realized that it was Not his to have - Is this true ?

But if he has pocketed this money then he is a F&#@ken CHOR.

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paula
22/2/2015 12:57:21 pm

trues up adam!...monkey see monkey do....isa o viti! when will people realize the mess we are in right now.....

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Fiji Valentine
20/2/2015 02:08:28 am

Fiji Sun, instead of being the bugbear of the tyrants, Bainimarama and Khaiyum, has become the wife of these two tyrants under the present editorial management

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fools of Paradise
20/2/2015 09:39:07 am

this is the idiot who was using Faith to run the Police Force and tried to make every one follow his faith. You know it's true in any faith " whatever wrong you do in life it will come back to haunt you" one day one day it's whatever you did will bite you back in the butt.. Bitch . This fool is the king of fools

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KoCho
20/2/2015 10:53:46 am

Isn't it interesting to note that Madam Shameem's Geneva appointment was vigorously objected to by Khaiyum - We Wonder Why ?

But it was nice of Kubuabola to do that -because wasn't it Madam Shameem, who then as DPP, apparently failed to prosecute this racist rat of a CHOR (still owing NBF 194K) ? -when the wheels of justice were stuck in the mud...

Favors done and returned have balanced the bourgeois books of history - have they?

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FIFIJI
20/2/2015 04:01:46 pm

Would be great if someone published all the current bank account details of all the corrupt people/thieves who stole tax payer money for the last 20 years..

I am sure the amount would total more than a Billion FJD.

what you guys reckon?

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Fact
20/2/2015 05:36:11 pm

Fact is not only Teleni but a whole bank lot of others including Bainimarama, Khaiyum, Kubuabola are holding high office NOT on merit but on account of being coupist!
A mediocre lawyer like Khaiyum would never be Attorney General and Minister of Many Things. He is a good example of someone who has benefited - big time - because of the Bainimarama coup.

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Bai a FAKE GURU
21/2/2015 01:52:23 pm

Referring to Bainimarama who as Commander of RFMF claimed in his affidavit in 2001 as quoted above by Victor as:

"He said the 1997 Constitution also failed to prevent the enactment by Parliament “of measures derogating from basic legislation enacted by the British colonial administration, including the Native Land Act and the Native Land Trust Act, which legislation favoured indigenous Fijians and for more than half a century, had received universal acceptance and recognition”.

The Constitution also introduced an electoral system, based on the Australian preferential voting system, “which seemed incomprehensible to the bulk of the indigenous Fijians (and in my (i.e. Bainimarama’s) understanding of the matter, to the majority of Fiji citizens) and which procured for the previous administration (the Chaudhry government), an artificial and unnatural majority enabling that administration freely to take steps affecting Fijian land, rights and customs."

I point out that the affidavit was full of LIES in that even with artificial and unnatural majority, Chaudhry government could not possiby have enacted ANY laws on land that were entrenched legislation as that required 75% majority in parliament as well as in the Senate where majority were ITaukei.

In this sense his affidavits contents were FALSE boardering LYING in a FALSE affidavit.

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tualeita
21/2/2015 04:45:08 pm

I couldn't find the comment button on the Robin Nair article. Don't know why it isn't there. Is it just my computer or did you just miss putting in the button?

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Vinaka Fiji Leaks !
22/2/2015 01:43:54 am

Thank you Fijileaks, for making very mature reflections, on Mr. Robin Nair’s courtesy and his good manners, in returning your call.

Returning calls is a very gracious and a gentlemanly thing to do and it shows the caliber of the diplomat, that is Mr. Nair.

We have gained respect for the man, even if we don’t entirely agree with his views.

Just how can Nair not see a coward, an opportunist and a sycophant in both Bainimarama and Khaiyum?

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Fact
22/2/2015 12:43:37 pm

Nair went to make hay in the post coup sunshine in Fiji. He owes his good fortune to Bai and Kai.

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johabell link
24/2/2015 08:06:09 pm

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