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Felix Chaudhary
4 February, 2021, 11:38 am
USP vice-chancellor Prof Pal Ahluwalia (right) talks to USP Students Association and staff
members during the protest march in Suva on Monday, June 8, 2020.
Picture: ATU RASEA/FT FILE
The University of the South Pacific Staff Union and Association of USP Staff issued a joint statement this morning expressing “grave concern and disgust at the FijiFirst Government’s decision to deport the regional university’s vice chancellor and president Professor Pal Ahluwalia and his wife.”
“We are alarmed by the way that the Government of Fiji broke into the Vice Chancellor’s residence in the middle of the night (03.02.21) and orchestrated the removal of VCP Pal and his wife,” the unions said.
Feb 04, 2021 12:56:19 PM The University of the South Pacific Staff Union members are demanding an explanation from the government on how vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia and his wife are a public risk. This after immigration officers arrested the Ahluwalias at their home at the University of the South Pacific Laucala Campus around 11 pm last night. It is understood the couple were then driven to Nadi airport and boarded a flight to Brisbane, Australia this morning. In a statement issued today, the University of the South Pacific Unions said there needs to be justification for the gestapo tactic for the deportation of the Ahluwalias.