Fiji has charged four security personnel with sexual assault over an
alleged attack on an escaped prisoner that was filmed and prompted
outrage when footage was posted online, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The
attack allegedly took place in November 2012 after two prisoners
escaped and were recaptured, with the video emerging on YouTube in March
2013.
The graphic mobile phone footage appeared to show the pair
being beaten with batons and iron bars by their laughing captors, with
one of them attacked around his buttocks and genitals.
It was
condemned at the time by the UN Commission on Human Rights and Amnesty
International, who labelled it torture and demanded those responsible be
brought to justice.
Fiji's
Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher
Pryde said on Wednesday
that four security personnel, three police officers and one soldier had
been charged with sexual assault.
Pryde said they were remanded in custody to reappear on October 28 in Nasinu Magistrates Court.
He added that police were searching for a fifth suspect, a soldier.
"The police are to be commended for completing a difficult investigation," Pryde said in a statement.
"This
case reinforces the continuing commitment of the state to bring to
justice any person who thinks that their position places them above the
due process of the law."
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Fiji charges 4 security officials over 'sex torture' video
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