Former COMPOL released
Qiliho has served his term and has been fully released by the Corrections service.
Monday 08 September 2025 | 07:00
Former Commissioner of Police Sitiveni Qiliho outside the Suva Magistrates Court
Beranadeta Nagatalevu
The Fiji Corrections Service has confirmed the release of former Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho this afternoon.
Qiliho has served his term and has been fully released by the Corrections service.
Qiliho was sentenced by the High Court in Suva on May 9, 2024 to two years in prison for abuse of office.
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He was charged alongside former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.
Bainimarama was released last December after serving two-thirds of his sentence.
As ordered by the High Court last Friday, Qiliho’s bail has now been activated.
Both men are awaiting judgment in their ongoing case. They are alleged to have interfered in a Police investigation into the photographing and circulation of images of Bainimarama’s late brother, Jonacani Bainimarama, on two Police Viber pages.
The case is before Justice Thushara Rajasinghe.
