Fiji extends emergency regulations again

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Updated August 27, 2009 16:57:40

Fiji's interim government has extended its emergency regulations. The coup-installed government has also dismissed a joint letter from former prime ministers Laisenia Qarase and Mahendra Chaudhry to interim prime minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama seeking a means of returning Fiji to democracy within a year. In a wide-ranging interview, interim government spokesperson, Lt Col Neumi Leweni,confirmed to Australia Network correspondent Geoff Waters that the emergency laws will remain in place for the time being.

Presenter: Australia Network correspondent Geoff Waters
Speaker: Fiji interim government spokesperson, Lt Col Neumi Leweni

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