The Associate Professor of Linguistics at USP, Paul Geraghty has agreed in the sedition trial of Fiji Times and others that the Nai Lalakai letter does not cause ill feeling and hostility.
While giving evidence as a Fiji Times witness, Geraghty said that he also feels that the letter does not intend to pollute the minds of the young people.
He said that the letter talks about the invasion of various countries by Bangladesh, and Muslims in the Nai Lalakai letter refers to what happened historically.
Fiji Times Limited, Hank Arts and Josaia Waqabaca have pleaded not guilty to sedition while Fred Wesley and Anare Ravula have pleaded not guilty to aiding and abetting sedition.
It is alleged that Fiji Times printed the Nai Lalakai newspaper which contained an article which had content with a seditious intention to promote feelings of ill will and hostility between classes of the population.
