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Overseas based rugby player to appear in court today for allegedly breaching self-quarantine

Overseas based rugby player to appear in court today for allegedly breaching self-quarantine

By Rashika Kumar
13/04/2020

An overseas-based Fijian rugby player who allegedly breached self-quarantine has been charged and will be produced in the Nadi Magistrates Court today.

Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says the accused was arrested after he completed the mandatory self-quarantine process and was cleared by Health Officials.

He has been charged with one count of failure to comply with an order under the Public Health Act.

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