Namosi landowners confronted Namosi Joint Venture representatives during a meeting at Namosi village yesterday, securing the release of months of frozen compensation payments and warning that failure to pay could result in a landowner takeover of the camp. Mataqali Nabukebuke spokesman and Nabukebuke Holdings Director Petero Saunivalu said NJV had withheld payments owed to the mataqali since last year. The freeze followed a letter from Isireli Fa, a lawyer representing another group of landowners who did not want to participate in the meeting. Article continues after advertisement“They have not been paying compensation from last year and it was discovered by the trust that they are staying there without paying anything. Namosi Joint Venture Country Manager Netava Bakaniceva agreed to release the rental arrears totaling $75,000 this Friday.