Fiji Rugby Union Board chairman Bill Gavoka has been taken into custody, accused of trying to destabilise the nation with a rumour it will be hit by a tsunami today.
Mr Gavoka, who used to head the Fiji Visitors Bureau, apparently sent emails to tourist operators repeating a warning first issued by a Nadi pastor that an undersea earthquake would generate a tsunami which would reach the islands at 2.30pm, the Stuff news website reported.
Police spokeswoman Ema Mua confirmed to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation News that Mr Gavoka was being questioned.
Fiji 'tsunami' arrest
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