Fiji Attorney-General reaffirms NZ visa claim

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Updated October 22, 2009 10:00:56

Reports that a Fijian judge and her 20-month-old child had allegedly been denied a visa to enter New Zealand have been refuted by Immigration New Zealand, but Fiji's interim Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says that's a face-saving exercise by the department. The child needs urgent eye surgery but because his mother, Justice Anjala Wati, was appointed by the interim regime, a visa - according to the Fiji Government - was denied.

Immigration New Zealand chief Andrew Annakin says the visa has not been denied, saying the application - lodged late last week - is still being processed.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Fiji's interim Attorney-General

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