Fiji police in joint operation with officers from the Fiji Immigration department have arrested 9 Asians in four separate house raids.
The 9, comprising of 7 Chinese females and 2 Chinese males were arrested on friday night and will be deported on Monday.
A police spokesman says the seven females had bridged conditions of their work permits, which did not allow for prostitution activities they were engaging in.
Under the new Crimes Decree passed last week, police now have the powers to raid and arrest those they suspect of engaging in prostitution related activities, which are illegal in Fiji.
The two Chinese males were deemed illegal immigrants as their visas had expired.
bron: australianetworknews.com [7-2-2010]
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After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Chinese society gradually became less and less martial, while the Japanese people preserved the ways of the warrior. Thus, while the usage of the long sabre slowly disappeared in China, the weapon was fully accepted and absorbed within Japanese culture and eventually led to the creation of the Nodachi. The long saber vanished from the Chinese mainland for many centuries, but in the mid-16th century this fearsome weapon reappeared. This time, the weapon returned to its homeland in the hands of Japanese pirates. Japan at that time suffered from a series of small-scale civil wars fought between regional warlords. Many defeated samurai as well as impoverished workers and farmers turned to piracy. They often occupied offshore islands near the coast of China and raided Chinese coastal cities. The Chinese general Qi Jiguang mentioned in his memoirs: “The long saber was unknown prior to the arrival of the wako pirates. The weapons used by our troops prove to be useless against such blades, and our soldiers were often cut in two by the enemy.” From his various battles with the pirates, General Qi observed and studied their ways of swordsmanship. His analysis, coupled with the blades taken from the slain enemy, allowed the Chinese military to forge their own chang dao and device their own fighting methods. After rigorous training and having obtained their new equipment, the Qi army drove off the Japanese and later scored many victories against other enemy forces threatening the Ming Empire. The troops of General Qi became known as “the invincible Qi army” and those warriors who learned the art of the chang dao cherished it dearly and did not easily pass it on to others.
