Fijilive journalists Dionisia Turagabeci and Shelvin Chand are spending their second night at the Central Police Station in Suva, for allegedly contravening the Public Emergency Regulations, reports the blog Coupfourpointfive.
 

They were taken into custody at 3pm on Saturday, for their reports on the release of members of the security forces, jailed for killing three civilians in early 2007.

The civilians were Nimilote Verebasaga killed in January 2007, Nadi teenager Sakiusa Rabaka in February 2007 and Tevita Malasebe in June 2007.

A soldier was convicted for murdering Verebasaga. Eight of nine soldiers were convicted for killing Rabaka and three police officers were found guilty for killing Malasebe at Valelevu Police Station.

All were jailed for manslaughter instead of murder.

Coupfourpointfive said sources told the blog that police arrived at the Fijilive news website office in Suva a few hours after a story on the release of the convicted killers appeared.

They ordered the story be pulled out immediately and demanded to know who had written the article and authorised its positioning on the website.

Shelvin Chand was the reporter on duty and Dionisa Turagabeci the desk editor.

Chand a former radio journalist and Turagabeci, who previously worked for the Daily Post and Islands Business magazine were arrested and detained in separate cells at Central Police Station.

Fijilive's managing director, Yashwant Gounder, was not able to be contacted for comment. Coupfourpointfive Blog, 11/05/09.