Police are investigating the death of a remandee who died after allegedly being scalded with hot water as murder.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Crime, Loraini Seru says following consultation the corrections facility and also upon their briefing to the Commissioner of Police, they have confirmed that that investigation has now been considered as a murder investigation.
Fiji Corrections Service says 29-year-old remandee George David Komainaua sustained serious burns on 24th October after another remandee allegedly poured hot water over him while they were preparing dinner at the Suva Remand Centre.
They say Komainaua received immediate medical attention before being transferred to the CWM Hospital for further treatment.
However, he later developed sepsis, which was confirmed as the cause of his death on 31st October.
They say an internal Board of Inquiry has also been established to investigate the incident.
