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Issue No: 838; 11 June 2001
The Police and the Military are on a warpath over the investigations on the 19 May and 2 November attempted coups. The military has been conducting its own investigations while the police has also been conducting its investigations. The tussle came to a head when the Police tried to get evidence that some terrorist soldiers killed during the 2 November mutiny may have been murdered by the soldiers. The soldiers killed belonged to the Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit which had aided the terrorists' take over the Parliament Complex. The military is claiming immunity for all acts done in good faith, and has drafted a decree to this effect. The decree is with the Ministry of Home Affairs. The ministry is responsible for both, the military and the police. Sources inside the police and the military indicate that by threatening to lay charges against soldiers alleged to have murdered the terrorist-soldiers, the Police Commissioner is trying to silence the military from revealing the masterminds behind the 19 May terrorists. Savua's name is prominent on the list of people the military has found to be behind the terrorists. Savua's contract comes up for renewal later in the year. Meanwhile 15 CRW soldiers who are in detention for terrorism,
have filed habeas corpus writs for their release. The 15 were involved in the
takeover of the parliament complex in May 2000. The soldiers have not yet been
charged. It was earlier revealed that a deal made between the terrorist-soldiers
and the military involved these soldiers agreeing to remain in detention in
return for them not being charged and them continuing to receive their pay. The
deal was exposed when one of the soldiers had filed a writ for his release. The
High Court had ordered his release. The military released him but re-arrested
him only a day later for laying charges. |
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