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Issue No: 846; 13 June 2001
A 57-year old ethnic Fijian man was jailed yesterday for torching his close ethnic Indian friend's kiosk on 19 May 2000. Police informed the court that the man was spurred by the riots which took place when the terrorists took over the Parliament Complex, and then turned on to his friend's kiosk at the Suva market. He broke the kiosk with a hammer, threw out the items, poured kerosene and set it alight. Numerous other incidents of close friends turning on each other after the terrorist activities, have been reported throughout Fiji. In most cases, the victims have been ethnic Indians. The Qarase regime has established a reconciliation ministry
but so far the ministry has failed to bring the victims and the perpetrators of
violence together to reconcile. Qarase began using the ministry to bring
together the ethnic Fijian provinces together politically. Last month he formed
his own political party aiming to unit ethnic Fijians. |
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