Lt Col Ratu Tevuta Mara in Australia [1]
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 22:00. Updated on Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 22:13.
Fiji's Lieutenant Colonel Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara has left Tonga on a commercial flight for Australia, apparently on Thursday, June 9.
The Lord Privy Seal Va'inga Tone confirmed to Matangi Tonga Online on June 10, that the Fijian colonel had left Tonga for Australia. But he did not want to comment on whether or not the colonel was issued with a Tongan passport.
Meanwhile, the Australia Network News reported that Col Mara has arrived in Sydney and was expected to address the Fiji Democracy Movement in Canberra on Saturday, June 11.