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Naivalurua said police were ‘’using Fijians training with Taliban? their network abroad to help the Meanwhile, Fiji police have launched investigation’’. an urgent investigation into a report Fiji is home to 53,000 Muslims, mainly that two or three Fiji citizens are of Indian origin. Most Fiji Muslims training with the Taliban in Pakistan. are of the orthodox Sunni branch Agence France-Presse (AFP) with a small number of Ahmadiyya reported recently that Pakistan Muslims. remained a major destination for The majority of New Zealand’s 36,000 radicalised Muslims bent on a life of Muslims are from Fiji. jihad, despite hundreds of US drone strikes, the death of Osama bin Laden “Last Friday’s twin Peter Conway of the NZCTU at the protest Jan Logie, MP, at the protest in Wellington and the fracturing of Al-Qaeda. protests were the The repor t said foreign fighter numbers culmination of activism ecent revelation of police being captured. The Wellington protest was organised were increasing with potentially brutality in Fiji led to a series Embarrassed Fijian authorities by blogger and activist Sai Lealea who 2000-3500 foreign fighters in the by a mixture of groups Rof protests last week in New later admitted the incident and have led the speakers outside the Fiji High Afghanistan/Pakistan border areas and sparked by the Zealand. promised a full investigation. Commission. from about 30 different countries. recent exposure of Protests were held in Auckland and Last Friday’s twin protests were Groups represented included the NZ “A few months ago, we even Wellington after an online video two the culmination of activism by a Council of Trade Unions, the Green welcomed some (two or three) people violence against weeks ago showed what are believed mixture of groups and sparked by the Party and Amnesty International, who from Fiji for the first time,” the Taliban prisoners by Fijian to be members of the Fijian police recent exposure of violence against have all condemned the Fijian regime. member told AFP, reported by the security personnel” force beating an escaped prisoner as prisoners by Fijian security personnel, Amnesty International has called Stuff website in New Zealand. he lay in the back of a vehicle after organisers said. for an independent investigation. “There are more nationalities because - Organisers TUESDAY, 5 Trust Insurance Services is committed to build trust and provide unmatched services to you. 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Employers can request involving a support person, An employee is anyone who person they are employing has • An application form the proof of the illness, such as a follow the resolution process has agreed to be employed, the legal right to work in New employee’s personal medical certificate. in the employment agreement under a contract of service, to Zealand. information and contact or approach the Department of work for some form of payment. details Trial Periods: Employers can Labour. This can include wages, salary, Minimum Pay: The adult • Bank account to be credited make an offer of employment that commission and piece rates. An minimum wage must be paid to with wages (if this is the includes a trial period of up to 90 If you have any kind of employee can be a fixed term employees aged 16 years and agreed method of payment). days. 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