The Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in custody at the Samabula Police Station on Monday.
Commission Director, Ashwin Raj says the Commission also welcomes an internal investigation currently underway by the Criminal Investigations Department of the Fiji Police Force into the matter but equally implores on the importance of full transparency and accountability without impunity.
Raj says the Commission is waiting for the post mortem report as it is expected to be conducted sometime today.
They are also trying to contact the family of the deceased. Police say the victim was brought in on Monday and was heavily intoxicated.
He had allegedly assaulted a 27 year old mechanic along Moala Street in Samabula.
They say officers could not obtain the victim's particulars as he was heavily intoxicated and was kept in custody.
Police add later at night, officers found him motionless and he was rushed to the CWM Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
They say CID officers have been directed to conduct a thorough investigation and an internal affairs inquiry is running concurrently to also look into the conduct of Police officers.
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