Thirteen police officers in Fiji have been charged with a range of offences in just the past month.
The figures include the five officers charged in relation to throwing a man off a bridge in Tailevu.
The charges faced by the officers include crimes such as intent to cause grevious harm, assault, conspiracy to defeat justice and interference with witnesses.
It includes the eight officers charged over the beating of a man in Tavua.
The figure is contained in the latest serious crime report from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
It said 49 people were charged with the most serious offences last month, including seven juveniles.
In the Serious Crime (Non-Sexual Violence Offences) report for June, the DPP said the charges against the police officers include acts intended to cause grievous harm, assault causing actual bodily harm, common assault, conspiracy to defeat justice and interference with witnesses.
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The charges against this group include "assault causing actual bodily harm, acts intended to cause grievous harm, aiding and abetting assault causing actual bodily harm, aiding and abetting acts intended to cause grievous harm, common assault, giving a false statement on oath and conspiracy to defeat justice and interference with witnesses," the report stated.
It said a 33 year-old man was charged with his 27 year-old wife's murder while a 38 year-old man was charged with the murder of his two flatmates in a separate incident.
The report said seven juveniles were among those charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and theft offences.
It said there were four incidents where the accused and the victims were related to one another.
"There were two separate incidents of arson. In one incident, a 40 year-old man was charged for setting his brother-in-law's house on fire while in another incident a 48 year-old man was charged for setting his sister's house on fire," the report stated.
"A 38 year-old man was charged with acts intended to cause grievous harm to his 37 year-old brother. The accused allegedly struck his brother with a cleaver."
The report also found that cash and assorted items - ranging from FD$19 to FD$5,933 - were stolen during alleged aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and theft offences in home invasions, shop burglaries, and daylight and night street robberies.
A 21 year-old man was charged with unlawful possession of illicit drugs - 117 kilograms of cannabis sativa, the report stated.
The DPP said five cases were withdrawn after discontinuances (Nolle Prosequi) were filed due to insufficient evidence.