Fiji Police Force Commissioner Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho says they will be producing in court the man who was taken into custody over the weekend for fake posts about COVID-19 on Facebook.

Fiji Police Force says they will be producing in court the man who was taken into custody over the weekend.

The man was taken in custody for fake posts about COVID-19 on Facebook.

Bani Kawale was taken in for fake posts on social media. Kawale, the bodyguard of SODELPA leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, who has been spreading fake news about COVID-19.

SODELPA leader, Sitiveni Rabuka [left] with Bani Kawale [Source: Facebook]

Commissioner Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho says there is a shift as the people locally are knowing Police is taking people in custody for misinformation, the culprits are passing information overseas.

“Now there is a shift that they know we are taking people into custody and investigating people posting on social media platforms, that they are now passing to those overseas. We have reported a particular Jese Tuitubou that lives in the US to Facebook representatives who are working on the issue now.”

A woman was also earlier questioned for spreading misinformation.