LAUTOKA – A political party and a money trail traced to Australia are part of investigations into an alleged plot to destabilise the Fiji government – according to a report in the Fiji Sun.

The ongoing story surrounding the internet café owner, Rajneel Singh, who believed he found an email on one of his computers alluding to a plot to kill members of the government – and then claims he was beaten up by police officers – gets more bizarre as it progresses.

The internet café has since been burgled with computers stolen and damaged.

“Lautoka police station has confirmed with us about the incident that happened and investigations continue,” police spokesperson Ana Naisoro said.

The Fiji Broadcasting Corporation said it has
obtained an email outlining an attack on a parliamentary sitting, which gives orders to “shoot all members” and that “all should be dead”.

Acting Police Commissioner Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho said this week he could not release the name of the political party involved in the plot because of the “on-going investigations”.

On the financing behind the plot, he said he wondered if people who contributed to the party from Australia knew the money was “not going for a religious purpose”.

He said they were checking all the possible leads.

His remarks came in the wake of a reported Sunday night burglary at a Lautoka internet café, where the so-called destabilisation plan was found in a computer earlier.

Owner Singh is pleading for the security of his family while still recovering from injuries.

He alleged these were inflicted by police after he found the plan and sent copies to Brigadier-General Qiliho and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. He alleged this was the reason why some police officers assaulted him.

He has expressed fear for his family’s lives claiming there are “people out to get him”.

Singh is married with a four-month-old baby boy.

He said he had received death threats on the phone by people who wanted him to drop the case.

“We are really scared and I feel my family is not safe at all including my four-month-year-old baby boy.

“I’m already in a situation where I cannot protect my family. I need assistance from the military or police for the safety of my family,” he said.

Singh claimed a total of 19 computer sets were damaged out of which four were missing and the estimated cost around $15,000 in last Sunday’s burglary.

He said he was compelled to shut down the normal operations for his shop due to the loss of his assets.

“We cannot reinvest everytime as this not the first time our shop had been robbed. I have been followed numerous times after I was discharged from the hospital,” he claimed.

Brigadier-General Qiliho assured Singh that he would be offered protection.

Qiliho said this was not the first time the internet shop had been burgled.

Qiliho added he was surprised to learn that a doctor had refused to examine Singh when he was admitted to hospital with injuries because of his political beliefs.

He said that was in violation of a doctor’s ethical and professional pledge to see all patients irrespective of their background.

He said he would lodge a complaint against the doctor to the appropriate authorities.

- PNC sources