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Fiji's defence review to include spying amid Kiwi spying allegation

Xinhua, March 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Spying will be part of a comprehensive review of the national security, local newspaper the Fiji Sun reported Friday.

Esala Teleni, chairman of Fiji's Defence Review Committee who is entrusted by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama to head the review, told the Fiji Sun that "We are tasked by the government to conduct a review to protect the people of Fiji to live in harmony. "

Teleni was commenting on revelation that New Zealand had conducted sophisticated electronic surveillance operations to gather intelligence on Fiji and some other Pacific island countries.

According to documents released by U.S. fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden, published by a New Zealand newspaper Thursday, New Zealand is spying on its neighbors and allies, including countries in the Pacific region.

Information collected from across the Pacific was then shared with New Zealand's Five Eyes partners, the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia.

Tongan Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva has said that it would be a shame if the allegations turn out to be true, while Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi said spying on Samoa is a waste of time. Endi