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Police officers under investigation

May 2, 2012 5:08 am

Three Suva based police officers are under investigation for an alleged illegal body search on a seventeen year old girl.

It is alleged the male officers approached the girl on suspicion of carrying marijuana and searched her at the Narain Jetty last Tuesday.

Its also alleged the officers then made a pass at the girl.

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She only spoke of the matter when she reached home in Kadavu the next day.

He father then reported the matter at the Kadavu Police Station.

The issue was also brought up at the Kadavu Provincial meeting today elders are concerned at the treatment the young girl was allegedly subjected to.

Spokesperson Ana Naisoro confirms investigations have begun.