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Fiji Police Seize OCCRP Reporting Fellow’s Phone After Post on Corruption

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STIX ID: report--0ed766c6-a87a-52c2-9413-c0b91cd2afd3

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2026-04-30

Date Updated: 2026-04-30

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OCCRP reports that investigative fellow Meri Radinibaravi was summoned to Fiji's Criminal Investigation Department after posting (and deleting) a Facebook comment alleging police corruption; officers reportedly pressured her to surrender her phone for digital forensic analysis. The organization condemned the seizure as an attack on press freedom and demanded the immediate return of her equipment and assurance that no data was accessed.

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