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Fugitive Colonel Strikes Back At Regime Leader On YouTube
Fugitive Colonel Strikes Back At Regime Leader On YouTube
NUKU'ALOFA (Pacific Media Watch): The fugitive Fiji army colonel who fled to Tonga last week after being charged with sedition in an alleged mutiny plot against the military backed dictatorship has struck back with two new video messages posted on YouTube.
Ratu Tevita Mara, youngest son of the late President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, who has taken refuge in the kingdom with support from the royal family replied to accusations by Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama with another bitter attack on the regime.
In one message, in Fijian, he has appealed to his former soldiers, and in the other, in English, he took another swipe at the "hateful regime".
In court action yesterday, a bench arrest warrant was issued and the regime sent extradition papers to Tonga in a bid to force Mara to return to Fiji to face trial.
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