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>Fiji Times, 25 January 2006 > >Fiji men sign deal to train soldiers > (Wednesday, January 25, 2006) > >THE five Fijian men remaining in Bougainville at Papua >New Guinea have already started training Me'ekamui >Defence Force soldiers and would only leave when they >have completed their two-year contracts. > >Me'ekamui officials told the Post Courier that the >five men had signed a two-year contract to provide >defensive and military training and wouldn't be >leaving until they had fulfilled terms of their >contracts. > >The five are allegedly in Tonu, which is South of >Bougainville and were hired by Noah Musingku to >provide counter revolutionary training to Me'ekamui >soldiers. > >An official of the Me'ekamui Defence Force told the >Post Courier that there was no way the five men would >leave Tonu because they had signed contracts >preventing them from leaving. > >Colonel Damien Koike revealed that 30 soldiers had >been undergoing training with the Fijian commandos. > >He said more of his boys were keen to train under the >guidance of the five and some youths had also arrived >to take part in the training. > >It was reported that 30 young men from the Konnou area >in Buin would be joining other youths at Mr Musingku's >base camp. > >Last week Inter Government Relations Minister Sir >Peter Barker had put pressure on the Autonomous >Bougainville Government to take steps to remove the >five men. > >This had allegedly been met with resistance by Mr >Musingku, who said the men weren't leaving because of >their two-year contracts. > > Back to Top of Article ><http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=35851#top#top> > >THE five Fijian men remaining in Bougainville at Papua >New Guinea have already started training Me'ekamui >Defence Force soldiers and would only leave when they >have completed their two-year contracts. > >Me'ekamui officials told the Post Courier that the >five men had signed a two-year contract to provide >defensive and military training and wouldn't be >leaving until they had fulfilled terms of their >contracts. > >The five are allegedly in Tonu, which is South of >Bougainville and were hired by Noah Musingku to >provide counter revolutionary training to Me'ekamui >soldiers. > >An official of the Me'ekamui Defence Force told the >Post Courier that there was no way the five men would >leave Tonu because they had signed contracts >preventing them from leaving. > >Colonel Damien Koike revealed that 30 soldiers had >been undergoing training with the Fijian commandos. > >He said more of his boys were keen to train under the >guidance of the five and some youths had also arrived >to take part in the training. > >It was reported that 30 young men from the Konnou area >in Buin would be joining other youths at Mr Musingku's >base camp. > >Last week Inter Government Relations Minister Sir >Peter Barker had put pressure on the Autonomous >Bougainville Government to take steps to remove the >five men. > >This had allegedly been met with resistance by Mr >Musingku, who said the men weren't leaving because of >their two-year contracts.

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