FIJI: Ballu Khan launches legal action

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Updated November 22, 2007 16:27:19

In Fiji lawyers for New Zealand businessman Ballu Khan have lodged a writ for the equivalent of $26 million US dollars against the military and police for the injuries he suffered when he was arrested at the beginning of the month. Interim attorney general Aihaz Sayed Khaiyum is named as the defendant in the writ filed at the Fiji High Court today.


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Presenter: Samisoni Pareti
Speakers: Peter Williams Queens Counsel representing Ballu Khan.

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