Australian academic expelled from Fiji

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sydney : Australia | about 1 month ago

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Fijian-born Australian academic Brij Lal has been ordered out of the Pacific nation just hours after speaking to the ABC about the current diplomatic stoush between the two countries. Professor Lal's expulsion is the latest in a series by Fiji's military ruler Frank Bainimarama, who on Tuesday night...

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