The Fiji Sun, one of the three daily newspapers in Fiji, was barred from attending the presentation of the country's 2009 Budget after it refused to reveal sources of two published items.

"The Fiji Sun was not allowed to sit in at the 2009 Budget presentation because the newspaper was not prepared to disclose the sources of two items in the 'Whispers' column published on Thursday," the newspaper's editor-in-chief, Samisoni Kakaivalu, said in a statement.

Department of Information's Major Neumi Leweni personally visited the newsroom and demanded that sources be revealed or the newspaper would not be allowed to attend the Budget presentation in a Suva hotel. PM Online/Pacific Media Watch, 23/11/08.