Opposition leader in court

Former Prime Minister of Fiji Mahendra Pal Chaudhry. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Fiji opposition leader Mahendra Chaudhry pleaded not guilty yesterday to holding an illegal meeting in defiance of emergency laws imposed by the military regime, local reporters said.

Chaudhry, a former Prime Minister, and five other men were arrested on Friday and accused of staging an unlawful assembly at rural Rakiraki, breaking a law banning meetings of more than three people.