Fiji’s prime minister has called on China to retreat from the South Pacific as an investigation by The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes uncovers a police sting showing Beijing’s desire to operate overseas.
Fiji’s prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka has called on China to retreat from the South Pacific and warned that Beijing’s “unwarranted influence” risks the region’s stability.
Hours after Rabuka called on Australia to provide more policing and security assistance to Fiji, and said he was resistant to reviving a controversial police deal with China that he suspended after being elected, his home affairs minister revealed Suva had relaunched an “extensive” security accord agreed between the formerChinese police escort hooded people they say are suspected of cyber scams off a plane from Fiji to China in 2017.
Amnesty International, and Fijian politicians and activists, have criticised the operation, which bypassed the Fijian legal system. Smith said the video was created to impress senior Chinese officials and as a propaganda tool, with its captions describing how a Chinese police taskforce named “9:22” had crossed “over half the globe on direct chartered flight” to arrest suspects in Fiji and Indonesia.
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