Police To Monitor Proposed May 3 Protest

Police Commissioner Briga­dier-General Sitiveni Qiliho has confirmed that security will be present at the proposed pro­test organised by the Fiji Trades Union Congress.

The union’s protest is said to be aimed at raising workers’ voices and issues drawing the attention of the annual meeting of the Asian De­velopment Bank in Nadi on May 3.

“We will step in if there is any­thing illegal in the process of it hap­pening,” Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho said.

“If they have broken the law, we will deal with it when we get to it but we are certainly monitoring it and investigations are already un­derway into some of the issues in regard to that intended process.”

Information on how many officers will be stationed at the protest ven­ues could not be disclosed.

“For the conference itself, the num­ber of Police officers we dedicate to that, we do not normally divulge that information for security rea­sons but if it is a nationwide protest certainly the whole police force is going to be involved.”

Police are closely monitoring the proposed protest and will ensure law and order is maintained during and after the conference.

“We are aware of that issue and we are well into our intelligence or in­formation gathering and digesting that into intelligence therefore we are already drawing up our causes of action to dealing with it,” he said.

“And so, preparations are already underway to prevent some of the likely breaches of the law that might occur.”

Edited by Ranoba Baoa

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