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WHAT ABOUT INDO-FIJIAN VICTIMS OF GEORGE SPEIGHT WHO TOOK REFUGE IN GIRMIT CENTRE? The REAL Fiji First Party leader Anit Singh reminds Opposition Whip Tikoca to include Indo-Fijian victims on his list

15/3/2015

 
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OPPOSITION WHIP Ratu Isoa Tikoca would do well to include in his list of human rights abused victims those who took refuge (from violence) at the Girmit Center in Lautoka, from June 2000 to Nov 2001.

These were the Indo-Fijian victim families (55 families, 355 humans, children and elderly included) of rural villages of the Naitasiri Province, Fiji, subjected to some extreme and severe human rights abuse. Victims of racist and hate inspired violence, beatings, looting's committed by the thugs –rebels who backed Laisenia Qarase's Interim Government (IG) and later members of the SDL party.

These are the very victims whose promised (by the present President Rau Epeli Nailatikau) compensation money was used for the “agriculture scam” for the ‘vote buying’ purposes by a racist Qarase led SDL. The plight of these victims was ignored by the SDL for 6 long years and then Bai/Kai for 8 more years. The very victims who’s “Girmit Heritage Party”, which was later named ‘Fiji First Party’ was STOLEN by Bainimarama and Aiyaz.

These victims- who suffered like thus:

“This time, however, the ‘attacks’ were more merciless and violent. Also more ‘rebels’ were involved, armed with cane-knives and crowbars. There were forcefully breaking and entering houses. The victims; farming families with children and elderly, had no choice than to flee from their homes - left to be ransacked at will by the thugs. Anyone who resisted was beaten-up. At times there were simultaneous attacks on three or four houses. Some ‘rebels’ rode a red ‘Twin-Cab Toyota 4X4’ which was loaded with all the ‘loot’. Three houses were also razed in fire on this night.

The women, often with tears, described to me the state of their houses when they went back -when things went quiet again. Every drawer, boxes and bags, in every room were rummaged through and valuables; jewelry, money, clocks, camera, radios, ornaments, music and video tapes, batteries, cooking utensils, cooking oil and gallons of kerosene– stolen. Stolen also from outside tool-sheds were the farming implements; forks, spades, knifes, files, spray pumps, hose-pipes, water-pumps, electric generators and yaqona, cigarettes and liquor.

The worst were the damages the thugs had left behind; some recalled their beddings, pillows and mattresses were ripped and torn, so were their curtains, any ornaments not stolen were broken.

One woman showed me a framed black & white photo of her deceased parents which was damaged by being ‘crow-bared’ in the middle. The partitioning walls were also often damaged by hammers or crow-bars. In many kitchens, glassware, chinaware, porcelain plates were senselessly smashed and thrown about the floor together with flour, rice, dhal and spices and bottles of achaar (pickles) – all messed-up and stepped on.

The children who spoke, mostly mentioned, their injured pet dogs with names like ‘ranger / rover / and doggy’.

Two days later, a truckload of Fijian youths arrived accompanied by a police carrier van and helped them-selves to harvest at random farmed produce; ‘tero’, bele, tomatoes, paw-paws, bananas from around the farms in the village. A few farm animals (bulls / calves) were savagely slaughtered, on their farms, in broad daylight, and loaded into “police” vehicles and taken away. The Police and the thugs seemed one and the same.

Fear was written on the faces of people - intense, real and spine-chilling fear. A group of families, with children and elderly, fearing random repeat attacks started taking shelter in bushes, at nights, not far from their homes.…”


[Extracts: Anit Singh - Report to Fiji Human Rights Commission – The Reason for Fiji’s First “Refugee Camp” June 2000].

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Indo-Fijian victims must not give up the fight for compensation, they have been abused and used by coupists, beginning with Rabuka's 1987 coups; the march for JUSTICE must be fought on all fronts:

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MARCHING FOR JUSTICE AGAINST RABUKA'S 1987 COUPS IN LONDON: Victor Lal (right) and gun runner Mohammed Rafique Kahan (left); Kahan had escaped extradition to Fiji after shipping tons of weapons to overthrow the Rabuka government. Lal was forced to seek political asylum after being implicated with Kahan. There is, we say, no easy walk to freedom from tyranny and oppression
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Rabuka's Intelligence Officer
14/3/2015 06:48:42 pm

Kaila

Yes, Victor Lal, you were one of those who with Mohammed Rafiq Khan shipped tons of weapons to kill us, including Rabuka and Ratu Inoke Kubuabola; no wonder our chief Kubuabola attacked you in 2000 Speight coup

And
14/3/2015 07:37:55 pm

Rabuka had no intelligence officers . Only violent racist thugs who scapegoated the Indo- Fijians to impose a Fijian supremacist political agenda.

Dekho
14/3/2015 07:00:38 pm

Rabuka racist military coup of 1987 - victims Indo Fijians.
Speight racist "civilian" coup of 2000 - victims Indo Fijians.
That's why victims don't matter even in the " new" and " better" Fiji crafted by Frank Bainimarama which is we are told non racial and " true" democracy.
One of the first things that Coupist Frank Bainimarama did after grabbing power was to compensate himself with a $184,000 leave back pay claim. The claims of the Indo Fijian victims for compensation NEVER crossed the " benevolent" dictator Frank Bainimarama's " multiracial" mind.
But the junior man in Rabuka's coup did not forget to reward some of the main players in Rabuka's coup by including them in his " interim" eight " government " - the Fijian dictatorship of Frank Bainimarama

rajend naidu
14/3/2015 07:50:18 pm

Responding to the appeal for help for the Muaniweni victims fleeing political persecution by the Speight coup thugs I rang in to the Lautoka Girmit Centre to offer my Ba house - an old colonial type duplex - to provide refuge for some of the fleeing victims and their children. The offer was not taken by by the people managing the refugee centre sited at the Girmit Centre because they had other grand plans and agenda...

Concerned
15/3/2015 01:15:45 pm

This DOES NOT change the fact that the atrocities DID happen.

And yes Rajen Naidu these victims already had filed Chandrika Prasad case in High Court and Justice Gates engaged Chandrika Prasad who was representing the camp to provide another affidavit if they supported the interim government in place.

So the agenda was extended by Justice Gates ie. third arm of the State which went on to politicise the victims camp. However they are the HEROS to deliver Chandrika Prasad Case. Lets NOT forget that.

Indeed you did not provide funds to manage a camp away from Girmit Centre in your house miles away in Ba.

Some victims did stay back in the West and never returned and you did not offer to have the house transferred to them to stay permanently or they could have considered.

Victims
15/3/2015 01:22:53 pm

Rajen Naidu, who did you speak with that refused to take the offer?

Did that offer also come with compensating for their losses to those thuggery, or to fund offer for additional security following changed direction and fear of further persecution once the additional affidavit was filed rejecting the interim government in place?

Also
15/3/2015 01:41:53 pm

If your so generous offer of your colonial type duplex still stands we still have some refugees who need sheltering.... please advise.

Cronological Perspective
15/3/2015 12:43:09 pm

Extracts from Anit Singh's "Report to Fiji Human Rights Commission" do CONFIRM Refugee Camp victims plight and RIGHTS for STATE FUNDED COMPENSATION, then what did FHRC, SDL and Opposition Chaudhry and Beddoes REALLY do for their compensation appeal when constitutional governance returned in 2001 until being thrown out in 2006?

Where were these politicians?

What had happened to them when under FHRC Entrenched Act in the 1997 Constitution, it was the constitutional responsibility for them to action each complaint which Anit Singh rightfully is said to have reported to the rightful authority in the land?

What Nonsense
15/3/2015 12:53:21 pm

One interim govt’s budget was led by leader of FLP, Mahen Chaudhry who managed to find funds to reduce drainage levy for cane farmers, claimed to having stabilised govt funds, but yet he did not make any efforts to allocate refugee camp and refugee camp victims compensation.

And why would that be when he failed to allocate any compensation for the refugee camp victims but after he was kicked out of interim governemnt that he made his first ever trip to Muaniweni in 2008 which was 1 week prior to the budget announcement making claims that FLP and NFU had sought compensation for them and that there was going to be compensation coming their way in the budget that was due to be announced. This meeting was run by Fiji One TV.

Was he again lying to these victims just as he did of hiding away $2m while telling Tax man he was holding the money on trust only but deposited in his own account?

Speak Up Tikoca
15/3/2015 02:17:15 pm

Can the Honourable Minister elaborate on the compensation proposal, does it include victims and refugees of 2000 coup?

And what was your role in the coups of 87/2000,come clean now.

When exactly is the Opposition moving a motion to the effect?


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