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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre co-ordinator Shamima Ali. Picture: ELIKI NUKUTABU

THE Fiji Police Force says it will not be pressured into rushing investigations in relation to a complaint lodged by human rights activist Shamima Ali against FijiFirst party leader Voreqe Bainimarama.

The Fiji Times had requested an update from Police on the case. “The same taskforce is handling the case and will be treating the reports on a case by case basis, and similarly, they will not be pressured into rushing the investigation as the Director CID (Criminal Investigations Department) has been given full autonomy over the conduct of investigation,” said chief of intelligence and investigations ACP Surend Sami.

Ms Ali lodged a complaint on Thursday last week for comments in live videos posted on the FijiFirst Facebook page on January 1 and January 4 this year which she claimed was intended to cause public alarm, anxiety, disaffection, discontent and with malicious intent.

In the video statements, Mr Bainimarama said PM Sitiveni Rabuka’s “three uneven legged stool government” was breaching a number of constitutional processes and the FFP was making “strategic changes” to ensure the PM was “stopped from further doing so”.

He also claimed that “multiple Fijians” have “directly and/or indirectly” approached the FijiFirst party for assistance in seeking redress against the “repressive and oppressive conduct” that the coalition Government has displayed since taking office.

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