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Tahiti pro-independence leader and Faa'a mayor goes on hunger strike

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French Polynesia's pro-indepence leader and long-serving mayor of Faaa, Oscar Temaru has taken to hunger strike action after allegations of misuse of public funds by French judiciary. What he says is a new attack in a long smear campaign against him by French colonialist powers for his politics. Temaru and his supporters took to protest outside Papeete courts this week after his personal savings were seized under the orders of prosecutor Herve Leroy. The 75-year-old has been convicted for ...
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