Sitiveni Qiliho Photo: Fijian Government
The President of Fiji has suspended the country's chief of police and its head of prison services following advice from the Constitutional Offices Commission (COC).
The Fiji government has confirmed police commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho and corrections services boss Francis Kean have been "suspended effective immediately".
The two will remain suspended pending an investigation by a special tribunal which is yet to be established.
President Wiliame Katonivere has appointed assistant police commissioner Juki Fong Chew as acting commissioner and Salote Panapasa as the acting head of prisons.
The decision to suspend both Qiliho and Kean was made at the COC meeting on Thursday which resulted in the former prime minister and now opposition leader Frank Bainimarama walking out of the meeting with his nominee in the commission.
The suspension comes just a month after Fiji's new coalition government - led by Sitiveni Rabuka - ousted the FijiFirst government from power.