Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has directed his government to look into the suspected alcohol poisoning of guests at a Fijian resort last year.
In December 2024 seven guests fell ill and some were hospitalised after drinking a pina colada at the Warwick hotel on the Coral Coast.
At the time, the Fijian government released findings that no methanol had been found in the drinks’ ingredients or blood and urine samples from the guests.
But now, five months on, one Australian guest, Susan, who asked the ABC not to use her real name has spoken out, describing how she almost died and accused the Fijian government of not following through on independent testing.
Responding to the comments, Prime Minister Rabuka said he’s calling for the various government bodies involved to work together to get to the bottom of the case.
“My first reaction and probably the most logical response from me as prime minister is that I have not been told the whole truth. I believe what I heard from my minister responsible for tourism that things had already been tested,” he said.
