Vanuatu radio station defies government order

A radio station in Vanuatu is defying government orders to cease broadcasting after the Prime Minister wrote to the station’s management accusing it of breaking the nation’s laws. Sato Kilman alleges the radio station Capital FM107 has been operating illegally since failing to renew its broadcasting licence when it expired in 2010. The Prime Minister’s first political adviser, Richard Kaltongga, has told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat program that according to law the station must cease broadcasting until it has renewed its licence.