ISSUE
Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Indian nationals tricked into coming to Fiji by conmen acting as Fiji National University agents, will be accepted by the university if they are qualified.
The students, who claim to have paid the so called agents as much as US$10,000 (F$18,508.24) to come to Fiji, will have to pay new fees as the fees paid to the agents have not reached the FNU.
The number of Indian nationals brought into the country under the pretence of studying at FNU is not known, however it is believed the students have been scattered across FNU's different campuses.
An FNU employee implicated in the dealings has been suspended as FNU and the police investigate the matter.
The students mostly from rural Punjab in India responded to advertisements placed by people claiming to be FNU agents.
Fiji police's Human Trafficking Unit, now involved in the investigation have interviewed some students.
According to information provided by some of those brought into the country, they are greeted by a local man at the Nadi International Airport who directs them on where to go.
A group of Indian students met with the Indian High Commission last month.
The High Commission said the FNU had informed them that some students were apparently charged for facilitating their admission to the university.
Indian nationals tricked into coming to Fiji by conmen acting as Fiji National University agents, will be accepted by the university if they are qualified. The students, who claim to have paid the so called agents as much as US$10,000 (F$18,508.24) to come to Fiji, will have to pay new fees as...
Indian nationals tricked into coming to Fiji by conmen acting as Fiji National University agents, will be accepted by the university if they are qualified.
The students, who claim to have paid the so called agents as much as US$10,000 (F$18,508.24) to come to Fiji, will have to pay new fees as the fees paid to the agents have not reached the FNU.
The number of Indian nationals brought into the country under the pretence of studying at FNU is not known, however it is believed the students have been scattered across FNU's different campuses.
An FNU employee implicated in the dealings has been suspended as FNU and the police investigate the matter.
The students mostly from rural Punjab in India responded to advertisements placed by people claiming to be FNU agents.
Fiji police's Human Trafficking Unit, now involved in the investigation have interviewed some students.
According to information provided by some of those brought into the country, they are greeted by a local man at the Nadi International Airport who directs them on where to go.
A group of Indian students met with the Indian High Commission last month.
The High Commission said the FNU had informed them that some students were apparently charged for facilitating their admission to the university.
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