WELLINGTON, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Fiji's interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama said on Monday that Fiji Times publisher Evan Hannah will not be the last of expatriates to be deported, the PACNEWS reported.

    In a meeting with heads of news media and the Fiji Media Council in Suva on Monday afternoon, Bainimarama said he was not at liberty to explain why Hannah was deported, but said that others are likely to follow, the Suva-based regional news agency said.

    Hannah, an Australian, was deported from Fiji last week.

    Bainimarama said there have been regular articles that were insightful in the media and he called for balance and fair reporting.

    He said the last thing he would want to do is close down the media and he called on the media to work with the current government to move the country forward. He said the matter of the legality of the current government is before the courts.

    Bainimarama and media representatives agreed to meet monthly to iron out differences between the government and the media.

    The media also called for better and timely responses from government on various issues which Bainimarama said his government would work on.