Attorney-General clarifies 'chat' with editor
Title -- 5381 FIJI: Attorney-General clarifies 'chat' with editor
Date -- 18 March 2008
Byline -- None
Origin -- Pacific Media Watch
Source -- Radio NZ International 17/03/08
Copyright - RNZI
Status -- Unabridged
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FIJI INTERIM ATTORNEY-GENERAL SAYS EDITOR WASN'T ON THE MAT - THEY JUST HAD A CHAT
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SUVA (RNZI Online/Pacific Media Watch): Fiji’s interim Attorney-General says he did not summons the Fiji Times to his office to discuss concerns over articles the paper was planning to print.
The publisher of the newspaper, Evan Hannah, was called in to discuss the possible publication of articles the interim Prime Minister’s Office had received
He says there is no record of the article and the paper should not be intimidated.
But Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says Hannah was not summonsed.
"It was an amicable discussion. Fiji Times is saying that I summoned them. I didn’t summon them. I rang and said, ’hey, we need to have a discussion with you. The're some issues that have been raised by the Prime Minister and can we discuss it’ . And he said, ’sure, fine’. That’s actually the conversation.”
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says no one is asking for a media outlet that is completely in favour of the government, but only one that is fair.
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