Row widens with Fiji as Australia and NZ expel Fijians
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Australia and New Zealand have expelled Fiji’s top envoys.
The two countries announced the expulsions a day after Fiji said it would expel their senior diplomats.
Fiji’s military leader Frank Bainimarama had alleged the two regional powers had been interfering in Fiji’s judiciary.
Commodore Bainimarama sacked the entire judiciary in April when it judged his rule was illegal. He has been trying to replace it with Sri Lankan judges.
Australia and New Zealand have long-standing travel bans on all senior members of the Fiji government, which came to power in a 2006 coup.
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