The office of Fiji's Director of Public Prosecutions has joined police in the hunt for a secret inquiry report clearing the former police commissioner and now ambassador to the United Nations, Col Isikia Savua, of involvement in the coup.
The Fiji Times quotes a lawyer from the DPP's office as saying numerous requests made to the President's Office have been futile.
The lawyer says police are unable to lay charges against Col Savua but can only continue investigations, sometimes relying on media reports.
The acting police commissioner, Moses Driver, said earlier that the president's office had told them the report was confidential but police would now try to obtain it through legal means, if necessary by a warrant.
Mr Driver said investigations were not aggresively pursued when Col Savua was in office because he had a lot of influence on people who were likely to assist them in their work.
But a Fiji government MP has strongly opposed any renewed investigation into Col Savua.
Josetaki Vula has told the Daily Post Mr Driver is a backstabber who waited for his senior to leave the country before showing his true colours.
Mr Vula says he hopes Mr driver never becomes police commissioner because a whole lot of indigenous Fijian people would be put in jail under his leadership.
