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BURGLED: Fiji Labour Party the latest victim of soaring crime rise in Fiji

10/8/2017

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Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry looks at ruins of the break-in at his office in Varani Street.

THE Fiji Labour Party office was burgled on Monday, however, party leader Mahendra Chaudhry clarified no valuables were lost in the heist. Mr Chaudhry confirmed yesterday a police report had been filed on the break-in: Source - The Fiji Times, 9 August 2017

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Fiji Labour Party: Shocking lack of Police manpower in the West

It is a shocking revelation that the Police Force has less than 50% of the manpower it needs to maintain law and order in the Western Division, says Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry.

He was referring to statistics revealed by the Divisional Police Commander Western SP Marika Yalimaiwai at a Crime Prevention Committee consultation in Ba this week (FT 4/8).

SP Yalimaiwai said he needed 2043 officers to adequately maintain law and order in the Western Division, but had to make do with only 999 officers.

“No wonder the crime rate in the country is so high. We suspect the situation is similar in the central, northern and eastern divisions. SP Yalimaiwai says the shortage of manpower is putting a strain on police posts forcing them to close down a number of posts,” Mr Chaudhry said.

FLP had expressed concern a few months back at the closure of a number of police posts around the country despite the fact that the crime rate is so high.

Mr Chaudhry expressed concern that people’s safety and security were getting a low priority when it should be the major concern of any government.

“There is no excuse for not providing adequate funds for the manpower requirements of the Police Force. If government can provide a subsidy of $18m for Fiji Airways when it is making good money and $10m for the Natadola International Golf tournament and $11.6m to the Fiji Broadcasting Commission – it should be able to fork out enough money to provide the Police Force with the manpower it needs.

“The maintenance of law and order and people’s security is a prime concern of all our communities. Government must find the money to provide adequate manpower in all the divisions so that the Police can do their job effectively, said Mr Chaudhry.

After all, our top brass in government are giving themselves around the clock security at their homes and wherever they are. The ordinary folks deserve similar protection for their families,” he said.

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8 Comments
Chiku
10/8/2017 01:02:22 am

Fiji Labour Party office was burgled. No valuables were taken. Was this a crime or a political message!

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Welcome Home
10/8/2017 03:22:23 am

The lack of adequate capacity to police the Western Division of Fiji in terms of manpower and vehicles has been evident since the Vuda Police Post was established in 1999. The burning down of a Hindu Temple resulted in a public outcry and meeting. A traditional approach was made to the then Tui Vuda Ratu Joseva Iloilo and he graciously agreed to assist. However, it became obvious that the ongoing resourcing of this and many other Police Posts was insufficient to the task at hand after the upheaval of 2000 and the return of the army to barracks. A fundamental shift had taken place and lawlessness including violent abuse of women and young children was becoming commonplace. It took the arrival of Police Commissioner Hughes to identify and rationalise the huge gaps. Under his watch a Sexual Crimes Unit of six WPCs was installed at Lautoka Police Station with a female Sergeant i/c. These specially trained officers had they remained and the unit extended and permitted to do their work in the field of domestic violence and trafficking might have made a difference by providing a focus of confidence and protection. A bare minimum would have been to raise the morale of WPCs in the Force. It was not to be and is still wanting.

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Maybe...
10/8/2017 07:56:11 am

The burglars mistakenly thought daaku was hiding his Haryana $$Millions in his office. What a cock-eyed picture of the dictator of the FLP. Poor man. His ardent arse-licking of Bai, Kai and racist Rambo... all in vain.

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Rustam
11/8/2017 10:21:21 pm

Does FLP members chose their Leader through some internal democracy...? or what...? One just wonders, how this daaku old fart just keeps reappearing!! The workers of Fiji need to be represented by THEIR Party by a new, onward looking, untainted Leader!! Are there none amongst us?? "It's time for a change" in FLP!!! We need a fresh look FLP for the next elections, led by a Leader whom the workers trust and is untainted with the coupists and/or is NOT a currency conviction convict, to do with chori from the poorest of the poor. Pretender Robin Hood Chaudhary has does done us enough service. Thank him belly much with a good bye daaku party!!

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Chiku
11/8/2017 12:21:20 am

Hard to believe Fiji is an aid receiving third world country when you see the kind of public money the Fijian State is squandering on non essential things like $10 million on a Golf tournament and on salaries for expatriates doing what locals were doing after independence.
It's SHAMBOLIC.
Essential services - like Heath, education, police etc - are under resourced and people from abroad go to Fiji to do volunteer work and provide services while the ruling mob and their cronies are having a picnic on public money.
What a bloody shame!

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Welcome Home
11/8/2017 06:30:40 pm

As has been remarked elsewhere, Fiji is now listed as a country where stunted growth in children has been measured and reported by WHO. This is more than just a casual measuring of what has taken place over thirty years of repeatedly dysfunctional governance. The next generation of many Fijian mothers is therefore already physically and likely mentally challenged. It is therefore hardly surprising that no coherent or carefully considered Development Plan has been prepared and presented. The failure to have this available for scrutiny speaks for itself. What is the actual (NOT Faked) Maternal Mortality Rate now for Fiji? How does it compare to 2005? Or to 1999? Or to 1990? What cogent explanation is forthcoming for the pregnancy statistics among Fijian girls aged 11 - 15 years? What is the outcome of these pregnancies? Do these girls continue with their education? The Minister for Health Hon Rosy Akbar has aspirations for "A COOL 2018 ", we are informed. An unfortunate turn of phrase given the harsh reality of her remit? The observation made to us in 2012 in Suva that the obstetric and gynaecological management of pregnancy in Fiji for girls aged 11, 12 and 13 years brought to mind sub-Saharan Africa has continued to be a benchmark of the regressive path in evidence. Have we failed to keep focus on fundamentals?


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Welcome Home
12/8/2017 08:42:38 am

Traditional approaches notwithstanding, feedback when it is genuinely sought may be obtained in a variety of ways. At the Attorney General's Conference at Sofitel in 2011 an attempt was made to inform in person of a recently witnessed act of perjury related to Organised Crime in the Sigatoka Magistrate's Court only a month earlier. The response was an ungracious and rude turn-of-the-back. Six witnesses were present in court that day. The perjurer - a 'vulagi' woman is likely still benefitting from her repeated acts of corruption and associated threats and intimidation. This is why Fiji continues to reel and writhe under the burden of the cancer of organised and criminal corruption. This is why A Deficit of Trust continues and silence morphs into despair. The greatest insult is a back turned towards Truth and Justice.

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joe
14/8/2017 01:27:40 am

Police officers will be replace by the Military.

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