Moses Driver is a
Fijian
police
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officer, who is the immediate past
Deputy Commissioner of Police. In this capacity, he assisted
Commissioner of Police Andrew Hughes.
A major part of Driver's work was pursuing
investigations into the
Fiji coup of 2000.
Driver became Acting Police Commissioner
on 29 November 2006, when Andrew Hughes took a leave of absence during the crisis which culminated in a
military coup
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on 5 December. The next day,
Radio New Zealand reported that Driver had been arrested by the
Republic of Fiji Military Forces
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF, formerly the Royal Fiji Military Forces) is the military force of the Pacific island nation of Fiji. With a total manpower of about 4,000 active soldiers and approximately 6,000 reservists, it is one ...
for refusing to take instructions from the military government. Earlier, Driver had called the Military Commander,
Commodore
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Ranks
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** Commodore (United States)
** Commodore (Canada)
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* Air commodore ...
Frank Bainimarama
Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama (Fijian: ʃoˈsɛia βoˈreŋɡe mbɛiniˈmarama born 27 April 1954) is a Fijian politician and former naval officer who served as the prime minister of Fiji from 2007 until 2022. A member of the FijiFirst ...
"a liar" for claiming that the police had agreed to work with the military. It turned out that he had not been arrested, but had indeed been taken in for questioning, and dismissed from office.
References
Fijian police officers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Fijian people of British descent
Fijian people of I-Taukei Fijian descent
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