Prasad says middle-of-the-night arrests are happening regularly however AG says they do not deal with criminal matters
AG says fijivillage nowadays love to give the NFP a lot of air time for nonsensical stuff

Prasad says middle-of-the-night arrests are happening regularly however AG says they do not deal with criminal matters

AG says fijivillage nowadays love to give the NFP a lot of air time for nonsensical stuff

National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed- Khaiyum.

National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad says the middle-of-the-night arrests of people is happening regularly and has questioned why we hear nothing from the Government’s chief legal officer, Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum however Sayed-Khaiyum says they do not deal with criminal matters.

Prasad says Fiji’s transition to a Police state is well underway and this is evidenced by the late-night arrest of Dr. Jone Hawea in Lautoka and his immediate transfer to Suva for questioning.

He says Dr Hawea was arrested and intimidated because his views on vaccination do not conform with the Government’s.

Prasad adds this is just the same as the detention of NFP MPs and activists last month because they disagreed with Bill 17.

The NFP Leader adds arrested people are accused of breaching public order but everyone knows this is not true as people have remained peaceful and calm.

Prasad says Sayed-Khaiyum is the one who coined the now-mocked phrase “true democracy” and has questioned why he is not standing up for the democratic right of free speech.

When questioned by us on Prasad’s statement, Sayed-Khaiyum says fijivillage nowadays love to give the NFP a lot of air time for nonsensical stuff.

He says anyone who knows about the Fijian Constitution understands that the Fiji Police Force is independent and the Attorney General’s Office does not deal with criminal matters.

Sayed-Khaiyum says the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is the prosecuting agency, including police.

He says they are not aware about everyone who gets arrested.

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Doctor Hawea was released from Police custody last night.

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