Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1997Vol. 67 No. 6

Inside

pp. 4-5 · Read in the full issue

Page 44Page 55

Editorial 5 Letters to the Editor 6 Briefs 9

Special Report:

Mercenaries and mining 11 Investigations into PNG’s Sandline scandal find link with Fiji’s Emperor Mines Mine ready to negotiate 13 Haiveta reveals PNG govt plans for takeover at Sandline inquiry

Cover Stories:

Fiji's prison scandal 14 Investigations begin into allegations of drug dealing, nepotism and corruption Customs corruption 18 Inquiry begins into charges of bribery Scaring away the investors 19 The impact of Vanuatu’s financial scam on offshore investment Caught napping 22 Govt bulldozes through with legislation on chief auditor’s term Beyond 2000 25 Can the Saab carry Air Marshalls into the new century?

Campaign cash for more independence 28 Creepies and crawlies 31 The problem of the Giant African Snail NZ's Island MPs' early impacts 34 Pressing lor freedom 38 FSM editor faces deportation Westerm Samoa independence feature 37

Sports:

Beatrice to break another barrier? 44 Vidiri waits 48 Culture Review 49 The meeting point Music Review 51 The magic of Telek Book Review 53 Misfits, magic and mementoes Yachting 55 On our way to Poverty Bay

Opinion:

Simmering relations 57 Aussie foreign secretary visits the SPC 58

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Cover Story: Fiji’s prison scandal

PUBLISHER: Alan Robinson EDITOR: Manivannan Naidu SENIOR WRITER: Bernadette Hussein

Correspondents:

Sally Andrew, Patrick Decloitre, David North, Chris Peteru, Atama Raganivatu, Kalinga Seneviratne, Liz Thompson, Lili Tuwai, Sam Vulum, lan Williams COLUMNISTS: David Barber (Wellington), Jemima Garrett (Sydney), Debbie Singh (South Pacific Commission).

GRAPHIC ARTISTS: James Ranuku, Josefa Bola, Andrew Williams

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