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Judge to deliver ruling on The Fiji Times case

July 10, 2017 12:50 am

Suva High Court Judge, Justice Thushara Rajasinghe will deliver his ruling in an alleged sedition case involving three senior Fiji Times officials, the company and a letter writer this afternoon.

Nai Lalakai Editor, Anare Ravula, The Fiji Times editor-in-chief, Fred Wesley, the company’s general manager and publisher, Hank Arts, the company and a letter writer, Josaia Waqabaca are charged with one count each of sedition.

Ravula, Wesley, Arts and The Fiji Times Limited are challenging the amended charge against them.

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They were initially charged with a count inciting communal antagonism each.

They are alleged to have published a letter in the Nai Lalakai newspaper in April last year that was likely to incite dislike, hatred or antagonism of the Muslim community.