The five former Fiji soldiers said to be employed as hired guns on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea are reported to want to return home to spend Christmas with their families but fear for their safety.
The Daily Post newspaper says this has been revealed by their Fiji lawyer, Niko Nawaikula.
Mr Nawaikula says the five men fear for their safety because of threats from ex-combatants in the area who took part in the decade-long secessionist war in Bougainville.
Mr Nawaikula says they also want an assurance from the Papua New Guinea and Fiji governments that once they leave the island, their "sovereign rights" will be respected.
He has also called on the Bougainville ex-combatants, who had pledged to take the law into their own hands if the Fijians didn't leave, not to do anything irrational.
Mr Nawaikula says the five also want to be paid by the man who employed them, the fast money scam operator Noah Musingku, because they need the money for their families during Christmas.
Mr Musingku was reported to have offered them US$1 million each when they were hired.
Another three Fijians who have left the island and are now in Port Moresby, are scheduled to leave for Fiji via Solomon Islands tomorrow.
