Fiji vs Bloggers

Murray has a transcript of a chiling interview with Fijian military re Fijian bloggers:

 HILL: And, is there any truth to the reports that the army is preparing to round up another 20 people on suspicion of being bloggers?

LEWENI: There are investigations ongoing, but I couldn’t confirm to you the number of people.

HILL: What’s so wrong about it? They’re just engaging in some free speech, which is protected by the Fiji Constitution?

LEWENI: What paid to go around and saying bad things about people and speculating? To you that’s right? If that’s right, then I don’t think we should continue this conversation, bye.

So in Fiji it is now illegal to speculate and say bad things about people.

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