13 Oct 2018

Fiji man dies after alleged police beating

9:22 am on 13 October 2018
Fiji's Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho

Fiji's Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho Photo: Fijian Government

A man has died after allegedly being beaten by police officers in Fiji.

The 26-year-old was allegedly beaten outside a nightclub in Suva on the 2nd of September.

He died of his injuries in hospital on Thursday.

Fiji's police commander, Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho, says he's ordered the criminal investigations department to investigate.

He did not say whether the accused officers were known, or whether they were still working.

This is a correction of the earlier story