Charges against Fiji Times Limited, Publisher Hank Arts, Editor Fred Wesley, Nai Lalakai Editor Anare Ravula and contributor Josaia Waqabaca have been amended from inciting communal antagonism to sedition.
According to the amended information filed and served to Fiji Times Limited and others, it is alleged that Fiji Times, on the 27th of April last year printed the Nai Lalakai newspaper which contained an article which had content with a seditious intention to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between classes of the population.
It is alleged that Hank Arts has been charged in his capacity as the publisher of Nai Lalakai newspaper and published the article which was a seditious publication.
Fred Wesley and Anare Ravula have been charged with aiding and abetting Hank Arts to publish the Nai Lalakai article which was a seditious publication.
Josaia Waqabaca has been charged with writing and submitting the article to the Nai Lalakai newspaper which had content with a seditious intention to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different classes of the population of Fiji.
The case will be called in the High Court next Tuesday.
