University of the South Pacific Vice Chancellor and President Professor Pal Ahluwalia who was exiled from Fiji by the previous government, arrived in the country this morning.
He arrived in Nadi from Samoa with his wife, Sandra Price.
Professor Ahluwalia has thanked God and the new Fiji Government for allowing this.
He tweeted that they are humbled by the support of the staff and students and very much look forward to seeing them.
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka had lifted the restrictions for Professor Ahluwalia in December last year where he stated he is ready to meet the Professor personally and will apologise on behalf of the people of Fiji for the way he was treated.
Rabuka had earlier said that they all recall with shock and deep embarrassment how Professor Ahluwalia was bundled out of the country in a Gestapo-style night raid on his home on campus.
He says this was the head of the premier university for Fiji and the region, which provides higher education for many thousands of our young people.
Rabuka said nothing like this had ever happened in our part of the Pacific and it was damaging to Fiji and our island neighbours.
Rabuka says the previous government’s determined assault on the university - spearheaded by the former Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum had continued after that.
