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...Among those arrested were six ex-soldiers from the special-forces Counter Revolutionary Warfare unit, elements of which were linked to both the 2000 coup against then-P.M. Chaudhry and a subsequent mutiny in which Bainimarama narrowly escaped assassination. Also arrested was ex-intelligence chief Col. Metuisela Mua, who served a jail term for his part in the 2000 events...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiji Boils Over | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...beaten with blunt objects such as rifle butts and iron rods. I was beaten all the way to [Queen Elizabeth Barracks]." Lotawa says his attackers included a former Fijian rugby international, Sergeant Jack Komaitai. Komaitai told Time last week there was no truth to the allegation. Another survivor, Metuisela Railumu, told the court he was taken by soldiers to a shooting range and "beaten with wood and iron rods all over my body." The case of the third survivor, Barbados Mills, is due to go to trial early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chief on the Run | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

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