Fiji Water layoffs story pulled from news bulletins

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Updated April 23, 2009 15:25:37

The company that owns the well-known Fiji Water brand has laid off almost a hundred workers at its plants in Fiji, and the story naturally made headlines in local news, but was pulled from nightly news bulletins after just one run despite having nothing to do with Fiji's ruling military regime. The military Government has imposed tough new censorship laws to ensure only positive news about the regime is published or broadcast.


Presenter Ian Burrows

Speakers: Legal Manager of the Fiji TV Group Tanya Waqanika, Assistant Secretary of the Fiji Sugar and General Workers Union Mikaele Mataka

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