Five Fiji Corrections Service (FCS) officers have each been charged with one count of grievous harm.
One of the five officers faces an additional charge of criminal intimidation.
The officers are charged in relation to the alleged assault of a 22-year-old man at the Suva Remand Centre late last year.
In a statement today, Fiji Police Chief of Intelligence, Investigations and Prosecutions Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Sakeo Raikaci confirmed the charge for the five – aged 44, 35, 28 and two 36-year-olds.
He said they were now in custody and would be produced at the Suva Magistrates Court on Monday, March 6.
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