Dad confesses to murder of 8-year-old son; had recently separated from wife with custody going to maternal grandparents (Waidroka, Serua, Fiji)

Where ever you go in the world you see the same story: Violent fathers who murder children rather than losing their "possession" (custody) of them to others. Despite what the fathers rights people say, this isn't about love or "personal pain." This is vicious, self-centered indifference to the rights of children to live their own lives free from abuse. And so we see the same story with UNNAMED DAD in Fiji.

http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=130087

Dad confesses to murder
SHALVEEN CHAND
Thursday, September 24, 2009

THE remains of an eight-year-old child were exhumed by the police in Waidroka, Serua, yesterday after a 46-year-old man, who'd allegedly been living in bushes there for more than two months, confessed that he had murdered his son.

The man, who's believed to be a former employee of the Parliament of Fiji, was arrested on Monday evening after phone calls by staff of the Matanipusi Eco Resort that a shabby looking man had been spotted in the area.

Deputy Director Police Operations SP Erami Raibe confirmed the man, whose last known residence is Vatuwaqa in Suva, was arrested and police have been questioning him.

When apprehended, SP Raibe said the man confessed to killing his son.

The man had earlier been sighted in the area during the school holidays last month.

Vunaniu resident Mataiasi Toma, 44, said he had found the man in bamboo bushes, and he'd admitted that he'd killed his son.

SP Raibe said the man was separated from his wife and the custody of the child had been granted to the child's maternal grandparents in Sigatoka.

No charges have been laid yet.