Fiji & Tonga

[AdamG]

Saw this, did a quick & dirty search for previous threads and found none.

A top Fiji soldier facing mutiny charges has been "rescued" by the Tongan navy and taken to Nuku'alofa.

Colonel Tevita Uluilakeba Mara, until recently commander of the Third Fiji Infantry Regiment, has now vowed to rid Fiji of the "hateful dictatorship" of Voreqe Bainimarama.

In an action, if true, that would amount to a declaration of hostilities on Fiji, Mara says he now is "under the sure protection of King George" of Tonga.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5005265/Mutiny-Fiji-soldier-rescued-by-Tonga

and
http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2011/05/accused-fiji-colonel-makes-public-plea-against-hateful-dictatorship/

[AdamG]

LATEST: Labour leader Phil Goff said the worsening crisis between Tonga and Fiji showed a breakdown in the Fijian elite and the unsustainable position of the dictatorship.

"We're seeing a major division with the former leader of the infantry regiment now totally at odds his former commander. That spells the potential, I think, for greater instability in Fiji."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/5007045/Fiji-Tonga-crisis-exposes-instability-says-Goff