tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887620052409054934.post4210731807901739860..comments2023-10-25T21:48:33.241+13:00Comments on FIJI GLOBAL COMMUNITY VOICES.: "A minute of Silence" to remember 'Sakiusa Rabaka' who died because of Voreqe B & his Regime's Brutality!!fijian-kiwigalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372973429176434704noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887620052409054934.post-8420740682702730872009-03-02T09:11:00.000+13:002009-03-02T09:11:00.000+13:00As noted in The Most Intelligents....'s BlogFiji T...As noted in The Most Intelligents....'s Blog<BR/><BR/>Fiji Times Online.....<BR/>Mum tells of Sakiusa Rabaka's painful last days in murder trial<BR/><BR/>Tuesday, February 24, 2009<BR/><BR/>Update: 6:03PM THE first State witness in the murder trial of a policeman and eight soldiers took the stand at the Lautoka High Court today.<BR/><BR/>Alanieta Rabaka described in detail the pain her son, Sakiusa, endured during his final days.<BR/><BR/>Sakiusa is alleged to have been tortured inhumanely on January 28, 2007, by the accuseds.<BR/><BR/>Mrs Rabaka was very emotional in court as she recounted the suffering Sakiusa endured after his return from Black Rock, the military training camp in Votualevu.<BR/><BR/>She told High Court judge Daniel Goundar there were visible straight marks and boot marks on Rabaka's stomach and his back.<BR/><BR/>His head was swollen, he was vomiting and he complained of severe head aches, she said.<BR/><BR/>He was admitted in Nadi, Lautoka and then the Colonial War Memorial hospitals where he received treatment.<BR/><BR/>On February 20, Sakiusa was discharged from CWMH and after spending two days with relatives, he begged her to take him to their home in Nadi.<BR/><BR/>She said on the morning he died (February 24), he thanked her for heeding his pleas to return him home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com