‘We Have Different Legal Systems’: Fiji Removes Chinese Officers out of Its Police Force

Published on March 29, 2024

The Fijian government has ordered the removal of Chinese officers from the country while still keeping a controversial police cooperation agreement with the communist regime. The move came following a review of security ties with China in 2023, as the new government tried to walk the fine line between continuing economic cooperation and handling security risks with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is set against the backdrop of Beijing’s growing footprint in the region, including proposing new security arrangements, offering investment through private capital, opening Confucius Institutes, and dispatching its police forces to work with the island nations. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who has been elected since December 2022, said that allowing Chinese officers to station inside Fijian police forces could undermine the country’s democratic system....

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