Melbourne, Apr 21 : Fiji's military regime has ruled it cannot be legally challenged over its 2006 coup and has begun shredding documents that incriminate the regime.

Blog websites have reported that the troubled country's newly-appointed chief registrar, Major Ana Rokomokoti, has been destroying court documents related to the coup and any other negative claims.

New York  - The United Nations Security Council expressed deep concern Monday after the abrogation of the Fijian constitution and sacking of all judges by the island's military regime.

The April 10 declaration also imposed severe press restrictions on the press, broadcaster and website operators.

It is a step backwards," the Security Council's rotating president, Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico, said Monday.

Sydney  - Fijians in Australia Sunday condemned the imposition of military rule in their homeland and called on the Australian government to put pressure on the regime to restore democracy.

All of Fiji's judges were sacked last week after three Australian judges sitting as the Court of Appeal ruled that the military government of Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in the December 2006 coup, was illegal.

Suva (Fiji), Apr. 17 : Fiji dictator Colonel Voreqe Bainimarama has claimed that his new "legal order" is the future of the island nation.

In an extraordinary speech to civil servants this morning, stuff. co. nz quoted him a saying that with the abrogation of the constitution "a new Legal Order has been created.

Wellington  - New Zealand's Law Society Thursday urged lawyers and judges not to accept appointments as judges from Fiji's military regime.

All of Fiji's judges were sacked last week after three Australian judges sitting as the Court of Appeal ruled that the military government of Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in a coup in December 2006, was illegal.

In response to the ruling, the constitution was revoked and emergency powers were declared, including stringent censorship forbidding criticism of the government.

Wellington  - In a satirical jibe at stringent censorship imposed by Fiji's military government, the Daily Post newspaper has been filling the space with some no news.

Headlines in Wednesday's edition included "Man gets on bus," over an item reading: "In what is believed to be the first reported incident of its kind, a man got on a bus yesterday. 'It was easy,' he said. 'I just lifted one leg up and then the other and I was on.'"