11 Dec 2017

Fiji police question MP over alleged sedition

6:22 am on 11 December 2017
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Photo: Fiji Parliament

A Fiji parliamentarian spent hours being questioned by the police on Friday, accused of uttering seditious comments in parliament.

Pramod Chand, a member for the opposition National Federation Party, said no charges have yet been laid.

Mr Chand said he spent about three hours on Friday being questioned at the police Criminal Investigations Department in Labasa.

He said he was told that a member of the public - he's not sure who - had laid a complaint about something he said on the floor of parliament in September.

Mr Chand said he was not sure how anything he said could be construed as being seditious.

He said police questioned him over the comments and he was released without charge, although police investigations are continuing.