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Expelled Australian academic tells of Fiji regime’s ‘intense verbal abuse’

16:33 November 06th, 2009

Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch, 6 November 2009

AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC RETURNS AFTER FIJI EXPULSION

By Linda Mottram

SYDNEY (Australian Network News/Pacific Media Watch): Fiji-born Australian academic Brij Lal says he was subjected to intense verbal abuse while in detention in Suva, prior to being sent back to
Australia.
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