Commonwealth suspends Fiji broadcasters

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Updated October 23, 2009 20:54:05

The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, has announced its members in Fiji are to lose their full membership. The association says it has written to full members in Fiji saying that as the country is fully suspended by the Commonwealth, its constitution means broadcasters are also suspended from full membership. In Fiji there's been a muted response to the decision.

Presenter: Campbell Cooney, Pacific correspondent
Speaker: William Parkinson, managing director of Communications Fiji

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