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OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY IN FIJI OR WAITING FOR PAYMASTER'S VERSION OF THE BEATING OF SINGER/SONGWRITER JOSEFA BILITAKI

3/10/2014

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UPDATE: BILITAKI BREAKS SILENCE - SAYS HE WAS BEATEN BY MILITARY OFFICERS - READ HERE

Fijileaks Editor: C4/5 is still down - both pro-democracy blogs (Fijileaks and C4/5 had been victims of 'hacking attempts recently'

FIJI SUN silent on controversy surrounding beating of Bilitaki. Instead attacks FIJILEAKS via COCONUT WIRELESS for being out of touch!

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Fijileaks Editor: Aseri Radrodro wasn't the Minister for Elections!
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Bilitaki assault will not go away October 3, 2014
Commissioner Groenewald has denied the allegations of brutality made on blogsite Coup 4.5. but blogsite Fiji Leaks has now shown photographs of the swollen mouth of Joseva Bilitaki. Groenewald said Bilitaki was arrested by “a task team”. He did not say whether this meant police or military but his statement added that “interference of military personnel in policing issues is unacceptable”, which makes it look like the arrest was made by military personnel. Is an arrest of a civilian “unacceptable” or is it illegal? Groenewald said he will discuss this with “the relevant authority”. What relevant authority? Who has authority for the exercise of police powers other than the Police Commissioner? When Parliament meets all of these questions will have to be answered. They will not go away.


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WHO IS THE EX-JOURNALIST FIJI SUN CLAIMS IS OUT OF TOUCH AND RUNNING THE 'DISCREDITED' FIJILEAKS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD?
Fijileaks Editor: IS IT VICTOR LAL? Well, if it is him, then HE DID (and still continues to do) A BLOODY FANTASTIC JOB TELLING FIJIANS AND THE WORLD ABOUT WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING INSIDE FIJI; HE ALSO TOLD US ABOUT CHAUDHRY'S SECRET TWO MILLION DOLLARS WHILE FIJI JOURNALISTS INSIDE THE COUNTRY WERE POST 2006 COUP EITHER SLEEPING ON THE JOB OR SLEEPING WITH THE REGIME:

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We are the best: Fiji Sun

9/22/2008

The Fiji Sun was the receiver of the Robert Keith-Reid Award for Outstanding Journalism


Below is the citation:

“This year’s Robert Keith-Reid Award for Outstanding Journalism is multi-faceted. It goes to two people who are not present tonight, and involves more than one publication.

The main recipients are Russell Hunter, former editor-in-chief and publisher of the Fiji Sun, and Victor Lal, the newspaper’s UK-based investigative reporter.

“To them and the Fiji Sun goes a joint and well-earned accolade. They receive this for reportage on highly controversial taxation, and other matters associated with overseas bank accounts of the former interim finance minister Mahendra Chaudhry.

Mr Hunter’s leadership and support for Mr Lal and the Sun’s editorial team provided the professional context for what is arguably the best example of investigative journalism in the history of the Fiji media.

“Mr Hunter knew that in the current climate he was putting himself at risk. But this did not deter him from pursuing the great cause of the public’s right to know,

“Along with Mr Lal, he acted in the best traditions of crusading journalism. Mr Hunter and his newspaper paid a heavy price when he was virtually abducted from his home at night and summarily deported.

“Victor Lal displayed extraordinary persistence and skill in developing and uncovering the story in a series of articles over several months. His was a fine example of research and analysis based on documentation made available to him by sources who were also prepared to take a risk. The topic was complex requiring meticulous attention to detail in accomplishing and presenting the facts.

“To the Fiji Times and its editor Netani Rika, the judges give a special commendation for first publication of the name of the person at the centre of the controversy. It was not long after that the Fiji Times’ publisher Evan Hannah was also deported.

“The judges wish to acknowledge the work of all journalists who have been threatened or intimidated during a perilous time for the media and yet have continued to stand by the principles of their craft in defending media freedom and the people’s right to be informed.”

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Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state
shares in its corruption and lawlessness

Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forgo
!
M. K. Gandhi

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3 October 2014: As Fiji SUN remembered Mahatma Gandhi, Fijileaks reminds us that Gandhi stood up for TRUTH, and even went to prison, first in South Africa in 1909:

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Gandhi's letter to his wife from prison in South Africa. This is a copy of the original letter (written in Gujarati) in Victor Lal's possession, and included in his forthcoming book: The Rule of Law in the Making of the Mahatma: Gandhi as a Lawyer and Journalist in South Africa, 1893-1914.
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A signed copy in Victor Lal's possession; Gandhi's fight for political rights for South African Indians in 1895; the two documents and scores of other originals formed part of 'Gandhi Exhibition', organized by Lal to reflect upon aspects of Gandhi's life and legacy. Hopefully, the public of Fiji will be able to participate in a similar exhibition when the present dictatorship ruling Fiji for the next four years is toppled one day!

“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end,
they always fall. ALWAYS.” 

Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments With Truth

14 Comments
Bahoot Besharam link
3/10/2014 04:52:57 am

Only one way to describe the Fiji Sun, Bainimarama sapota paper : a bahoot besharam paper.

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mellow yellow link
3/10/2014 04:57:28 am

All the regime propaganda journalists at the Fiji Sun put together is still no match for Victor Lal and Fijileaks.

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relevant authority link
3/10/2014 05:01:31 am

the idiot PolCom has unwittingly stated the truth when he made reference to the relevant authority. The relevant authority is the dictator of Fiji and his right hand man Aiyaz Saiyad Khaiyum. That's how it was before the elections. That's how it is after the elections. It's as straightforward as that!

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bahoot boor paper link
3/10/2014 05:25:04 am

the Fiji Sun has become a "bahoot boor paper" in slang Hindi by prostituting its journalistic ethic and principles and shamelessly progandizing for the Bainimarama regime.

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Fiji Sun's We Said IT
3/10/2014 05:39:39 am

Fiji Sun to Victor Lal

Great spirits like YOURS have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds

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gandhi legacy link
3/10/2014 04:00:19 pm

A steadfast commitment to truth and righteousness and human freedom and human dignity - this commitment is Gandhi's enduring legacy.
Most people and most leaders pay only lip service to Gandhi's legacy.
Their own life is full of lies, deceit and hypocrisy and greed. Gandhi's life and work had nothing to do with greed. Can we say the same for some of our leaders?

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Tomasi
3/10/2014 05:44:54 pm

The question ladies and gentlemen is, how can we make the Police and its Commissioner more accountable? For how long should we tolerate the Police's inaction, and outright complicity with the military's thuggery and criminal actions? While the new Parliament represents a new hope for us, we can only expect little or worse from the Government. We had the opportunity to choose a new Government, but more of us opted to maintain the status quo, in spite of the excellent work done by Fiji Leaks and other blogsites to expose the mess and enlighten our citizens.

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yep link
3/10/2014 05:56:12 pm

Yep like I say finish you can take the horsay to the river but you can't make it drink from it. FijiLeaks you have done your part in taking all the horses in Fiji to the river...

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reason 4 it link
3/10/2014 09:28:56 pm

If blogsites FijiLeaks and C4.5 have been victims of hacking attempts recently there is a reason for that. The people behind the hacking find the truth exposed by these sites to be unpalatable. Who would these people be?

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Sun's silence link
3/10/2014 09:36:51 pm

Fiji Sun's selective silence is understandable. It long abandoned all pretense of journalistic independence and objective reporting. It has acted as a Bainimarama dictatorship paper. Doing its bit to defend the dictator and the dictatorship. That is why it has remained quiet about Bilitaki's beating at the hands of the dictator's thugs. The Fiji Sun is only loud when it comes to attacking the critics of the Bainimarama regime - like Fijileaks, Victor Lal, C4.5, Fiji Today. The Fiji Sun is a disgrace.

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Police Commissioner - if U didn't authorise arrest - it must be abduction
4/10/2014 12:25:41 am

Section 17(c) of the Public Order Act allows a member of the RFMF to perform all or any of the duties and functions of a prisons officer or police officer at the request of or with the concurrence of the Commissioner of Police.


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Fiji's First - King Frank, the First.
4/10/2014 03:09:21 am

We ALL know WHO ordered and authorized the arrest (abduction), humiliation, torture, beatings and HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE of citizen Bilitaki.

That Order came from the TOP - Candidate No. 279 - of the CHOR Party - Collector of some 70% of the total votes cast- the all-time most popular Prime Minister of Fiji, democratically elected, so Legitimate - The right Honorable Prime Minister of Fiji, Rear Admirer (Title, Title) Frank V Bainimarama. Yes, HE ordered abduction and BEATING of Bilitaki!

Now the question from the Rt. Hon PM Bainimarama to all the rest of you in FIJI, the Media and the ALL the Rest of the world is:-

What the FARK can anyone of you do our Right Honourable??

Nothing, sweet FARK nothing.....so just SHUT-UP and Salute 'Hail FranK'!

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tuivanualevu
5/10/2014 04:08:39 pm

One day Mafatu!!!!!!!!!

e kuca
4/10/2014 03:38:18 am

Hacking?....lols....goodluck with that....

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