23 Jul 2010

Fiji's Mahendra Chaudhry under police investigation

1:33 pm on 23 July 2010

A former Prime Minister of Fiji, Mahendra Chaudhry, is under police investigation for alleged tax evasion and money laundering.

The interim Government's media arm, the Ministry of Information, says he's been interviewed by the criminal investigations department and released.

No further details have been made available.