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Military says it will shut down blog sites today

1458 FJT
Friday, May 11, 2007

Update: 2.58pm FIJI's military has confirmed it will shut down blog sites such as intelligentsiya.com, Pacific Radio News has reported.

Colonel Pita Driti said it would happen this afternoon.

The blog sites intelligentsiya, resistfrankscoup and fijishamelist have been publishing damaging detailed personal allegations against senior figures in the military government.

Colonel Driti says they haven't been able to find the people behind the blog sites but will close them down for good.

Fiji Times Online was unable to contact Colonel Driti.

Military spokesman Major Neumi Leweni could not confirm whether the websites had been shut down although he said there was talk that they would be.

Resistfrankscoup yesterday reported the military had advised FINTEL to shutdown the sites, but no one at FINTEL was in a position to answer queries.

FINTEL's chief executive officer Sakaraia Tuilakepa, who is the only one authorised to speak on such matters, is on leave and could not be reached for a comment.

Yesterday, resistfrankscoup had also falsely reported that the Tui Tavua, Ratu Ovini Bokini, had died.

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