London, Apr 14 : Fiji’s military government has expelled three foreign journalists and arrested a local reporter over their reporting of the deteriorating political situation in the island nation.

ABC correspondent Sean Dorney is expected to arrive in Sydney today after he was deported by FIJI Government officials unhappy with his coverage of recent political developments in the troubled nation.

Wellington, Apr 14 : Commonwealth secretary-general's special envoy to Fiji Sir Paul Reeves has said that the island nation faces expulsion from the Commonwealth.

Fiji is likely to be suspended from the Commonwealth, and its membership within the Pacific Islands Forum was also in doubt, Sir Paul said.

The latest turmoil in Fiji was prompted by a Court of Appeal ruling last Thursday that said Commodore Frank Bainimarama's regime, which has been in power since staging a 2006 coup, was illegal under the country's 1997 Constitution.

Wellington - Fiji's military government, which is ruling with emergency powers, strengthened its hold on the country Tuesday, taking over the Reserve Bank and ordering the country's Human Rights Commission office closed, according to reports from the capital, Suva. The Reserve Bank tightened exchange controls with immediate effect and deputy governor Sada Reddy said the move was in line with the bank's core objective of safeguarding foreign reserves, Radio New Zealand reported.

Vanua Levu (Fiji), Apr. 13 : Years of stifling military rule and financial destitution are propelling Fiji towards becoming the Burma of the South Pacific, claim regional experts.

These commentators, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, have labelled the latest developments in Fiji an outrage.

With the country''s military ruler, Frank Bainimarama, returning to the leadership helm with more power than ever in spite of a court ruling that termed his 2006 coup illegal under the country''s 1997 constitution, the experts have described the latest political situation in the island nation a total charade.

Singapore - Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd said its chief executive officer Richard Stanley, who was diagnosed with leukemia in late January, died Saturday morning. "After a brief fight, Rich passed on at about 8:45 (0045 GMT) this morning," DBS said.

Stanley's condition had deteriorated rapidly and he was in critical care Friday night, DBS said in an earlier statement to the Singapore Exchange.

Stanley, 48, had been responding to treatment and after two rounds of chemotherapy his doctors believed earlier this week that his cancer was in remission.

Wellington - Two days after Fiji military chief Voreqe Bainimarama's government was declared illegal by the Court of Appeal, it was back in power on Saturday, according to news reports from the capital Suva. Bainimarama, who has governed the country since ousting the elected government in a bloodless military coup in December 2006, was sworn in by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo as caretaker prime minister for the next five years.

The sick sick and ageing president sacked the judges and introduced emergency rule on Friday.