Fiji’s New Leader Scraps Police Training Deal With China, Fires Top Cop

Fiji’s New Leader Scraps Police Training Deal With China, Fires Top Cop
People's Alliance Party leader Sitiveni Rabuka gestures during a press conference while counting resumes after the Fijian election in Suva, Fiji, on Dec. 17, 2022. Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP
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Fiji’s newly elected leader said on Jan. 26 that the Fijian security force would cease working with personnel from China, signaling the end of a policing agreement that was signed between the two nations in 2011.

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who took office in December 2022, deemed it unnecessary for the Pacific Island nation to continue its policing agreement with China given the “differences” in their respective systems.

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