The Government, whilst not democratically elected is legal.
So it's a legal military dictatorship.
In the same way you get into trouble dabbling in drugs in Bali, it is well known that meddling in the wrong things in Fiji...
Let me get this straight: you are comparing a silly young kid caught with a small amount of weed with a union official arrested and imprisoned without trial by a military dictatorship while they concoct espionage and treason charges against him? Yeah, I see the striking similarities......