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Brickbats

Brickbat: Everyone's a Critic

Charles Oliver | 12.7.2022 4:00 AM

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A court in Fiji has found attorney Richard Naidu guilty of contempt of court for a post he made on Facebook. In the post, Naidu pointed out a misspelling in a court decision. Naidu had been tapped by the National Federation Party, which is currently the opposition party in the legislature, as a candidate for the Dec. 14 election for the legislature. But the conviction will bar him from running.

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