updated 7: 59 pm
Posted: 5: 39 AM Monday, May 23, 2011 source: a news/Newstalk ZB
Anthony Fullman - source: Newstalk ZB
Concerns are growing about the welfare of a man trapped in the row between Fiji and Tonga's New Zealand.
Anthony Fullman, former head of the authority of Fiji water, was transported in for questioning by the police of Fiji because of its close links with outside control officer Lieutenant Colonel Tevita Mara, who has fled to Tonga.
A friend of the family, said that businessman suffers severe diabetes, which, if left untreated, can be life threatening.
"Needs it [diabetes medication]."He takes it very often, I do not know how many times, but you need it, lucky De Silva told one news.
Friends say Fullman is not answering his phone or respond to email messages.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and trade said it is studying the matter and has been in contact with Fullman.
Fullman has extracted interrogation because phone records show that he had been talking with Mara Lieutenant Colonel before leaving for Tonga.
Mara escaped a charge of sedition in Fiji last weekend, but is in Tonga under the protection of the Royal family, to which it is linked.
A correspondent Barbara Dreaver News spoke yesterday to Mara and told him that it was natural that the two had talked about because "they are friends", he said.
Fullman is the former head of the authority of Fiji water and is one of a number to be questioned about how Mara came to be in Tonga.
Fullman has had his passport confiscated.
Instructor of surf Tim McBride
, who has U.S. passport, has also been arrested on suspicion of helping to Mara.
According to the latest report of Amnesty International, there is reason to worry.
"Recently, we have seen politicians, officials, etc. in the Queen Elizabeth barracks physically and sexually abused and intimidated so it would be very concerned about no one is taking their interrogation by the military," Patrick Holmes of Amnesty InternationalHe said.
Mara said news that people were being taken to the barracks and beaten.
"Fear for my family", he said.
"This oppressive regime has done in the past, its specific people who voted, has led to their families".
Pressure on Bainimarama
First Minister John Key says New Zealand and Australia have kept pressure on Commodore Frank Bainimarama hold elections.
John Key says economic sanctions can last a long time before you have great impact, but have a dramatic impact on the plight of the people every day in that country.
Key said that the Government knows that they are working the travel bans and frustrate the regime.
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Posted: 5: 39 AM Monday, May 23, 2011 source: a news/Newstalk ZB
Anthony Fullman - source: Newstalk ZB
Concerns are growing about the welfare of a man trapped in the row between Fiji and Tonga's New Zealand.
Anthony Fullman, former head of the authority of Fiji water, was transported in for questioning by the police of Fiji because of its close links with outside control officer Lieutenant Colonel Tevita Mara, who has fled to Tonga.
A friend of the family, said that businessman suffers severe diabetes, which, if left untreated, can be life threatening.
"Needs it [diabetes medication]."He takes it very often, I do not know how many times, but you need it, lucky De Silva told one news.
Friends say Fullman is not answering his phone or respond to email messages.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and trade said it is studying the matter and has been in contact with Fullman.
Fullman has extracted interrogation because phone records show that he had been talking with Mara Lieutenant Colonel before leaving for Tonga.
Mara escaped a charge of sedition in Fiji last weekend, but is in Tonga under the protection of the Royal family, to which it is linked.
A correspondent Barbara Dreaver News spoke yesterday to Mara and told him that it was natural that the two had talked about because "they are friends", he said.
Fullman is the former head of the authority of Fiji water and is one of a number to be questioned about how Mara came to be in Tonga.
Fullman has had his passport confiscated.
Instructor of surf Tim McBride
, who has U.S. passport, has also been arrested on suspicion of helping to Mara.According to the latest report of Amnesty International, there is reason to worry.
"Recently, we have seen politicians, officials, etc. in the Queen Elizabeth barracks physically and sexually abused and intimidated so it would be very concerned about no one is taking their interrogation by the military," Patrick Holmes of Amnesty InternationalHe said.
Mara said news that people were being taken to the barracks and beaten.
"Fear for my family", he said.
"This oppressive regime has done in the past, its specific people who voted, has led to their families".
Pressure on Bainimarama
First Minister John Key says New Zealand and Australia have kept pressure on Commodore Frank Bainimarama hold elections.
John Key says economic sanctions can last a long time before you have great impact, but have a dramatic impact on the plight of the people every day in that country.
Key said that the Government knows that they are working the travel bans and frustrate the regime.
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