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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 10.28 GMT

Fiji's Australian envoy ordered to leave over SL judges' visa issue

 
Fiji's Military Chief Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama ordered Australian Head of Mission to leave the country within 24 hours, following their refusal to allow Sri Lankan judges to travel through Australia to take up appointments in the Fiji judiciary.

The Military Chief has ordered Fiji's Foreign Ministry to issue communications.

"I have also informed them that our High Commissioner in Australia is to be recalled, with immediate effect," he said in a statement.

Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said the culmination of these incidents displays a consolidated effort to attack Fiji's independent judiciary. It also shows that the Australian Government has been dishonest and untruthful over the matter of travel ban for judges.

However Australia has denied Fiji's allegations.
 








 
 
   
   
   
   
   

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