New Fiji government suspends police commissioner, scraps China policing arrangement

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The Pacific island nation has been pivotal to the region's response to competition between China and the United States, and struck a deal with Australia in October for greater defense cooperation Fiji’s president on Friday, January 27, suspended the commissioner of police after a general election saw the first change in government in the Pacific island nation in 16 years, after the military earlier warned against “sweeping changes.” President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere said Commissioner of Police Sitiveni Qiliho had been suspended on the advice of the Constitutional Offices Commission, “pending investigation and referral to and appointment of, a tribunal.” The...