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University of the South Pacific (USP) vice-chancellor and president Pal Ahluwalia. Photo: USP/RNZ
The University of the South Pacific council has voted to issue Professor Pal Ahluwalia with a new contract as Vice Chancellor, frustrating attempts by Fiji to remove him.
The governing body of the regional university also voted to relocate the Vice Chancellor’s office from the USP’s main campus in Suva, Fiji, to the its Alafua Campus in Apia, Samoa.
Professor Ahluwalia and his wife were forced to leave Fiji in early February after the government claimed the couple had breached provisions in their work permits.