Australia has no right to dictate to Fiji who its police force works with,particularly when we already work with Chinese police on transnational crime.
The suspect’s identification by intelligence agencies raises big questions for one of Australia’s neighbours and about China’s attempts to wield influence in the Pacific.
Fiji’s prime minister has called on China to retreat from the South Pacific as an investigation by The Age,The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes uncovers a police sting showing Beijing’s desire to operate overseas.
The twice-elected prime minister,and former coup leader,lost power following the 2022 elections. His most recent speech in opposition didn’t go down well.
Saturday’s secret parliamentary vote for prime minister was closer than had been expected ending 28 votes to 27.
Saying “Democracy won”,the Social Democratic Liberal Party re-committed a new tripartite agreement with former leader Sitiveni Rabuka.
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama lost power this week after 16 years when a kingmaker party sided with the opposition to form a tripartite coalition.
Six days of doubts over the general election ended with the ousting of a 16-year strongman who had embraced China and eroded democratic norms in the country.