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Mr Chaudhry is one of Fiji's main opposition voices
The former Prime Minister of Fiji, Mahendra Chaudhry, has been arrested for allegedly breaching the military government's emergency regulations.
Mr Chaudhry, leader of the opposition Labour party, was detained with five other people for holding public meetings in breach of the regulations, imposed last year.
He is expected to appear in court on Monday, local media reported.
His government was overthrown in an earlier coup 10 years ago.
Mr Chaudhry was detained after a meeting with sugar farmers in Rakiraki, the Fiji Times reported.
The sugar industry is a sensitive topic for the military government, after attempts to modernise the production process backfired and resulted in losses.
Mr Chaudhry became Fiji's first ethnic Indian leader in 1999 after the Labour Party won enough seats in a general election to rule on its own.
He and his cabinet were taken hostage a year later when bankrupt businessman and nationalist George Speight and retired major Ilisoni Ligairi stormed parliament.
Mr Speight proclaimed himself acting premier, and President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara sacked the Mr Chaudhry and his cabinet.
Mr Chaudhry is one of the main opposition voices in Fiji, where the media are heavily censored and political parties cannot issue statements seen as destabilising the regime of Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in a 2006 coup.
Mr Bainimarama imposed emergency regulations that ban public meetings when he abrogated the constitution in April 2009.
In July, Mr Chaudhry appeared in court on other charges, including money laundering and tax evasion.
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Mr Chaudhry is one of Fiji's main opposition voices The former Prime Minister of Fiji, Mahendra Chaudhry, has been arrested for allegedly breaching the military government's emergency regulations.
Mr Chaudhry, leader of the opposition Labour party, was detained with five other people for holding public meetings in breach of the regulations, imposed last year.
He is expected to appear in court on Monday, local media reported.
His government was overthrown in an earlier coup 10 years ago.
Mr Chaudhry was detained after a meeting with sugar farmers in Rakiraki, the Fiji Times reported.
The sugar industry is a sensitive topic for the military government, after attempts to modernise the production process backfired and resulted in losses.
Mr Chaudhry became Fiji's first ethnic Indian leader in 1999 after the Labour Party won enough seats in a general election to rule on its own.
He and his cabinet were taken hostage a year later when bankrupt businessman and nationalist George Speight and retired major Ilisoni Ligairi stormed parliament.
Mr Speight proclaimed himself acting premier, and President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara sacked the Mr Chaudhry and his cabinet.
Mr Chaudhry is one of the main opposition voices in Fiji, where the media are heavily censored and political parties cannot issue statements seen as destabilising the regime of Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in a 2006 coup.
Mr Bainimarama imposed emergency regulations that ban public meetings when he abrogated the constitution in April 2009.
In July, Mr Chaudhry appeared in court on other charges, including money laundering and tax evasion.
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.