6 Mar 2015

Fiji opposition MP dies

12:39 pm on 6 March 2015

An MP of Fiji's opposition Sodelpa Party, Ratu Viliame Tagivetau, has died after a short illness.

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The Fiji Sun reports Ratu Viliame, who was in his late 60s, was admitted to hospital on Wednesday.

He was a member of the chiefly clan of the Tui Bua and from Koroinasolo village, in Bua Province.

He was a former civil servant and former Native Lands and Fisheries Commissioner.