Canberra: The change of power in the island country Fiji, in the Indo-Pacific region, has brought its first shock to China. Fiji’s new government scrapped a 16-year-old police agreement with China. ‘Our system of democracy and justice systems are different, so we will go back to those that have similar systems with us,’ by saying this, the Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, warned that the police system of the Chinese Communist government was not acceptable.
In 2011, the government of Fiji signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China. Accordingly, the Chinese military officers were deployed in Fiji, and the Fiji police were given independent training in China. Besides, China also deployed a senior police officer in Fiji two years ago. This led to the spreading the rumour that Fiji’s police system was under Chinese control.
But in December, after the change of power in Fiji, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere made aggressive changes to the country’s policy. Twenty-four hours ago, Prime Minister Rabuka scrapped the police agreement with China.
Moreover, saying that Fiji was a democracy, Rabuka declared that cooperation with the Communist regime of China was not possible. Also, Rabuka indicated increasing cooperation with neighbouring countries like Australia and New Zealand. Besides, President Katonivere sacked the police commissioner and senior officers affiliated with the previous government.
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