Fiji News

In Fiji, an Australian man Simon McCartney has been recharged with the murder of his wife. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Relatives of the New Zealand businessman accused of being part of a plot to kill Fiji's leader are fearful authorities are targeting them. via XtraMSN Real Estate

“Only if fully informed can a person assume a responsible and active role in society and be part of its economic, political and cultural life.”

Civil society organisations in Fiji have welcomed a High Court decision giving the media the right to publish a confidential audit report commissioned by the state pension fund. via Inter Press Service

“He is not happy. He is scared. He has been adamant that he doesn't know anything about his wife's death”

A Melbourne man has been arrested for a second time in Fiji over the killing of his wife, after an initial charge of murder against him was dropped. via Stuff

“We've had an assurance the police commissioner (Esala Teleni) will do all he can to assist to see him at that point in time.”

Lawyers for detained New Zealand citizens in Fiji will fight to get them released today. via MyTown

Police Commissioner Commodore Esala Teleni said Monday that sixteen people were being detained in connection to a plot to assassinate the Bainimarama and several Cabinet Ministers . via Wilson's Almanac

“People can see two New Zealand citizens who have been involved with local politics have got into to a very difficult situation ... I wouldn't be wanting to go to a place where the military ruled the street”

Ten men accused of plotting to kill Fiji's coup leader Frank Bainimarama and other senior regime figures were ordered to remain behind bars after facing court in Suva on Wednesday. via The Age

“Women (in Fiji) always get in the back. So we think the husband is a taxi driver in that area. Police are looking for that guy.”

A Melbourne man set free after being charged with murdering his wife says the last time he saw her alive, she told him she had another husband. via The Age

An Australian man appeared in a Fiji court yesterday charged with murder following the discovery of his wife's partly decomposed body on Friday. via Manawatu Evening Standard

Police in Fiji have arrested 16 people in the past two days, after uncovering an alleged plot against the country's military leader, Frank Bainimarama. via Bangladesh News

Asia Pacific News.Net Monday 5th November, 2007 New Delhi, Nov 5 : Prabhakara Jha, the Indian High Commissioner to Fiji, has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to the Cook Islands ... via Asia Pacific News .Net

An Australian man has appeared in a Fiji court charged with murder after his wife's partly decomposed body was found on Friday. via The Age

A prominent Fiji businessman and a high chief were in custody Sunday accused of plotting to assassinate President Ratu Josefa Iloilo, a lawyer allowed to visit one of the men told reporters. via XtraMSN Real Estate

A woman was allegedly kidnapped from the heart of Suva in broad daylight today. Police confirm the woman was pulled into a taxi at Cumming Street by a man and driven away. via Fijilive

“The two of you had planned to seduce Kumar to have sexual intercourse with Vosavakatini but with intentions to steal from him.”

The High Court in Suva today sentenced Mohammed Saheed and Selina Vosavakatini to life after they pleaded guilty to murdering Sarwan Kumar of Nadera in 2005. via Fijilive

“What's to stop them from going overseas? They haven't been charged yet”

Eight Fiji policemen have been charged with murder after another wave of arrests linked to alleged human rights abuses following last year's military coup in the Pacific nation. via Manawatu Evening Standard

“Faced with a situation where the departure of the suspects would have deferred due process for an indefinite period and after unsuccessful attempts at consultation, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions decided to intervene”

A NEW Zealand national rugby representative is among eight soldiers charged in Fiji over a murder which sparked concerns about human rights abuses following the Pacific nation's latest military coup. via News.com.au

Fiji's former army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Filipo Tarakinikini will still face charges when he returns to the country. via Fijilive

“We will only work with the policies in line with the 1997 Constitution". Ro Teimumu stressed that the Charter should have been prepared after wider consultation. "It needs wide consultation down to the grassroots”

The province of Rewa is against the interim regimes' proposed Peoples Charter which was launched by Fiji's President Ratu Josefa Iloilo lately. via Fijilive

May I welcome you all here this evening. I know there were many who would have liked to have been with us but have sent their apologies. via Scoop