3 Jun 2002

Fiji police investigate the disappearance of money from the Native Land Trust Board

8:46 am on 3 June 2002

Fiji police are investigating the disappearance of 81 thousand US dollars from the Native Land Trust Board.

The Director of the Police Criminal Investigations Unit, Emosi Vunisa, says the probe has been prompted by a complaint from a alndowing unit int he country's west.

Media reports say several NLTB employees are being investigated in connection with the missing trust funds.