By Rakesh Kumar in Suva
People’s Alliance candidate Lynda Tabuya claims her 16-year-old daughter was “harassed” by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) officers last week.
Tabuya made this allegation in a video posted on social media.
“This is my daughter coming back from school and they asked her where I was,” she said.
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“And she said she didn’t know and then they said to her, ‘tell your mother that FICAC is looking for her’.”
She said this step taken by FICAC was unacceptable.
“You come to my home and harass my child, my 16-year-old who was just coming back from school, just did her exam.
“It’s just very shameful.”
Made daughter panic
Tabuya said this made her daughter panic and worry about what would happen to her mother.
“You know, they could have asked her, is there an adult in the home, can we see someone?
“But no, they came and my family was at home and they rang the doorbell like 10 times, 15 times in a row with my children inside.
“What are you doing FICAC. If you wanted to find me, you know where to find me, you have means to find me, but don’t harass my children.”
- Questions sent to FICAC by The Fiji Times on the claims made by Tabuya remained unanswered.
Rakesh Kumar is a Fiji Times journalist. Republished with permission.
This content originally appeared on Asia Pacific Report and was authored by APR editor.