Anti-corruption authorities in Fiji are investigating the Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority.
Photo: RNZI Sally Round
The Finance Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says investigators from the country's Independent Commission Against Corruption or FICAC seized documents and computers from the agency on Friday after a complaint from the ministry.
FBC News reports Mr Sayed-Khaiyum has given a stern warning to business people and customs officers not to give or take bribes.
The Fiji Corrections Service says the country's anti-corruption watchdog is investigating its chief, Lieutenant Colonel Ifereimi Vasu.
Fiji's anti corruption body says there will be no announcements of any charges until investigations are completed into a number of high-level organisations.
Fiji's Independent Commission Against Corruption, or FICAC, says documents posted to a blog site with recommendations a minister be charged with corruption are not real.
Transparency International Fiji says the Independent Commission Against Corruption, or FICAC, must be seen to be actively investigating claims of government corruption.
The Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption says its work is gaining momentum and that the public is playing an increasingly supportive role. In its four years of operation, FICAC has...
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