MELBOURNE (Radio Australia / Pacific Media Watch): A coalition of opposition parties has complained of multiple breaches including tampering and illegal removal of ballot boxes.
Media Industry Development Authority chairman Ashwin Raj has called for more balance in reports on this.
He also says he is considering revoking the media accreditation for foreign media covering the election because of a lack of adherence to good reporting ethics.
Pacific Beat has approached Raj for comment.
Meanwhile, Alistar Kata, one of two students from the Auckland University of Technology's Pacific Media Centre who were in Fiji for two weeks to cover the election as interns for local media - Republika and Wansolwara - tells Radio Australia's Bruce Hill some media outlets were biased in favour of Admiral Bainimarama's Fiji First Party.
Presenter: Bruce Hill
Speaker: Alistar Kata, journalism student intern from the Auckland University of Technology's Pacific Media Centre. Research by Mosmi Bhim of the Fiji National University, who has been conducting a study on the Fiji news media and has presented papers at the University of the South Pacific and other conferences.
Full interview on Radio Australia
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Alistar Kata
