Grassroots crime rising as Fiji law in limbo
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Outside the courts, on the streets of Fiji, the nation's legal community says it is taking note of the slow decay of justice at the grassroots level. It claims the amount of shoplifting, traffic violations and smaller crimes is increasing, and there's a sense of unease, about going up against the military regime.
Note: On the subject of Fiji and its legal practioners, as we go to air two of them, Richard Naidu and Jon Apted who both work for the firm Munro Leys have been taken into police custody after being accused of being anti-interim government bloggers. Radio Australia has received confirmation the two men were taken into custody after the pro-interim government website Real Fiji News accused both of them of being bloggers, and warned they were about to be outed by the military. There are also reports another lawyer, Tevita Fa, who was also accused by the website, has been detained, but there is no confirmation of this.
Presenter: Anita Barraud
Speaker: Dorsami Naidu, President of Fiji Law Society; Tupou Draunidalo, Lawyer, activist, former politician and stepdaughter of former Fiji Prime Minister; Mr Nagin, Lawyer for Sherani and Company in Suva
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