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Fiji's Government says it is still building a treason case against ousted prime minister Laisenia Qarase, even though statements it asked Interpol to obtain from Prime Minister Helen Clark and her Australian counterpart have failed to arrive.
Fiji police said they had repeatedly asked Interpol to obtain information from the prime ministers about Mr Qarase's alleged request to them for military intervention at the time of the coup.
But a spokesman for Helen Clark said: "No approach has been made to the Prime Minister."
"She will not be making any further comment on her conversations with Mr Qarase.
"The Prime Minister believes that there was nothing in the conversations that would substantiate a treason charge."
Fiji's Criminal Investigation Department director Superintendent Waisea Vakamocea told the Fiji Times that the case was still open despite the delay in Interpol furnishing them with statements.
Mr Vakamocea said he had stressed the importance of the case to Interpol and sent the international police agency many reminders.
Police started the investigation after the military coup plotters alleged that Mr Qarase had requested military intervention from Australia and New Zealand in the lead-up to the December 5 coup.
Mr Qarase, who plans to return to Suva for a few days next week, has denied that he asked for military intervention.
Former assistant commissioner of police Josaia Rasiga initiated the investigation which is allowed under a section of Fiji's penal code that deals with "instigating invasion and any person who instigates a foreign intervention into your country is liable for treason if there is evidence to prove that he did it".
Helen Clark said in March that it was "extraordinary" that a government which had installed itself by military coup - "which in my view is a seditious and treasonable act in itself" - was accusing a democratically elected prime minister of asking for support.
"This is a bizarre turn of events," said the Prime Minister. She admitted to a considerable respect for Mr Qarase, and described the coup as "unconstitutional and illegal."
- NZPA
