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FIJI: Fiji Times awaits penalty after being found guilty in contempt case

Posted on 27 November, 2012

Mere Naleba

SUVA (The Fiji Times / Pacific Media Watch): FIji Times Limited lawyer Jon Apted yesterday told presiding judge Justice William Callanchini that the newspaper company was ready to make a public apology, which would be printed on the front page of the newspaper.

This was during the mitigation hearing between the state and the Fiji Times Limited after the High Court found the newspaper company, the publisher and editor guilty of contempt of court over an article published on November 7 last year.

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