What about Fiji Naval Patrol ship RFNS KIRO left to rot on Cakauyawa Reef? Kiro ran aground during bad weather, on July 19, 2016. Attempts were made to salvage her, but, after four months, she was written off, and the decision was made to leave the wreck on the Cakauyawa Reef.
Shipwrecks on coral reefs may increase invasion of unwanted species, according to a recent US Geological Survey study. These unwanted species can completely overtake the reef and eliminate all the native coral, dramatically decreasing the diversity of marine organisms on the reef. Action begins at home, Bainimarama and Khaiyum!
From Fijileaks Archive, 19 July 2016
One of the detainees, JO NATA, who was very badly assaulted onboard the RFNS KIRO, was our Editor-in-Chief's former classmate at RKS, and later a journalist workmate at the previous Fiji Sun, shut down after Rabuka's coups
