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A casino developer, Freesoul Real Estate Development, has been found guilty of damaging mangroves and a coral reef during the construction of a project on Malolo, Fiji, and will have to pay $650,000 as a result of the damages. The mangroves and a coral reef damaged during the construction were considered an attraction to Fiji. Justice Daniel Goundar said that this was an unprecedented act of vandalism against Fiji’s environment.