By Anish Chand in Suva
Fiji police will have sweeping powers to monitor communications and forcefully enter premises to place tracking devices under the proposed Police Bill 2020.
The draft legislation is now open for public submissions and will replace the Police Act 1965 once passed by Parliament.
Police will have the powers to secretly or forcefully enter any premises to place tracking devices, states the draft law.
They will need to obtain a warrant from a High Court judge and “specify the vehicle, craft, or conveyance of any kind or goods that may be tracked, specify the premises, vehicle, craft, or conveyance of any kind that may be entered pursuant to the warrant”, states the draft law.