Lynda TABUYA Viral Video: Explosive Privacy Scandal Over MP's Video — Transcript

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1. 0:01in Fiji a politician has captured the
2. 0:03attention of an entire nation the Linda
3. 0:06tabua viral nude video is burning the
4. 0:09coconut leaves this incident has sparked
5. 0:12widespread debate and raised critical
6. 0:13questions about privacy in the digital
7. 0:16air
8. 0:18condition Madam speaker the air
9. 0:20condition in this room is not enough to
10. 0:24deal with the amount of hot air coming
11. 0:25from the other side but her video has
12. 0:27also a massed interest in the Solomon
13. 0:29Islands Papu New Guinea New Zealand and
14. 0:31Australia so what is it all
15. 0:33about Linda tabua a prominent Fijian
16. 0:36politician and former Minister for women
17. 0:39children and social protection found
18. 0:41herself at the center of controversy
19. 0:43when a private and explicit video began
20. 0:45circulating online in December 2024
21. 0:48touya who has been a divorce since 2016
22. 0:52is no stranger to controversy earlier in
23. 0:55January 2024 she faced allegations of an
24. 0:58extramarital affair with a colleague MP
25. 1:01during a ministerial trip to Australia
26. 1:03they both denied it though the media in
27. 1:05New Zealand and Australia went crazy
28. 1:07about their online conversation back to
29. 1:10her nude video it quickly went viral
30. 1:13across various social media platforms
31. 1:15including Viber where over 50,000
32. 1:17fijians have viewed it with many more
33. 1:20from the Pacific and overseas in
34. 1:22response to the video prime minister
35. 1:24ceni rabuka made the decisive move to
36. 1:27dismiss Linda tabua from her ministerial
37. 1:29role this action highlights the high
38. 1:31standards expected of government
39. 1:33officials despite her dismissal tabua
40. 1:36remains A Member of Parliament prompting
41. 1:38debates about appropriate consequences
42. 1:40for public
43. 1:42figures when asked the Fiji prime
44. 1:44minister ceni rabuka hasn't got much to
45. 1:46say you it I've already written to her
46. 1:50I'm just ask her to explain herself
47. 1:52reports have confirmed that the video is
48. 1:54of her intended for her 2016 ex-husband
49. 1:57Robert saman however questions have
50. 1:59risen about the video's time controlled
51. 2:02protected message on Viber critics argue
52. 2:05that if it was for saman's use why was
53. 2:08it shared on Viber instead of being kept
54. 2:10on her
55. 2:12phone Linda tabua made a statement on
56. 2:15Facebook calling for safe spaces online
57. 2:18she said I am aware of a private video
58. 2:21that has been circulated on various
59. 2:23platforms involving me I categorically
60. 2:26state that this matter is a serious
61. 2:27invasion of privacy and I strongly
62. 2:30condemn the deliberate dissemination of
63. 2:32such material whether genuine or
64. 2:34fabricated a post from Fiji transparency
65. 2:37on Facebook questions The Minister's
66. 2:39claims quote Minister confirms that the
67. 2:41video is of her says it was for her
68. 2:44ex-husband saman however video clearly
69. 2:46shows it is Viber time controlled
70. 2:48protected message if it was for saman's
71. 2:50use why was it shared on Viber then
72. 2:52wouldn't one keep a recording on the
73. 2:54phone and use it as when required or
74. 2:56when symptoms persist why the need for
75. 2:58viber Minister claims it is Criminal to
76. 3:01circulate the video is it really when
77. 3:04the video is
78. 3:05viral by all means go and charge the
79. 3:08person who started the circulation but
80. 3:11don't threaten some 50,000 other fijians
81. 3:13who have already viewed the video Madam
82. 3:15Minister you are the minister for social
83. 3:17welfare not the minister for waterways
84. 3:19or forests how can the disadvantaged of
85. 3:22this country look up to you this
86. 3:23Christmas season when there is a fully
87. 3:25nude video of you dancing around like a
88. 3:28stripper unquote
89. 3:31this incident has ignited a Fiji wide
90. 3:33interest and has been trending in the
91. 3:35last seven days in Solomon Islands Papua
92. 3:38New Guinea New Zealand and Australia
93. 3:40with many people expressing their views
94. 3:42on social
95. 3:43media the discussion centers on the
96. 3:46balance between public accountability
97. 3:48and personal privacy in light of the
98. 3:50recent events concerning the conduct of
99. 3:52Linda tabua prime minister sitiveni
100. 3:54rabuka has dismissed her from her
101. 3:57ministerial role Sashi Kanan has been
102. 4:00appointed as the new Minister for women
103. 4:02children and social protection