Police spokeswoman Sylvia Low announced on 25 August that they were considering opening an investigation into allegations made the previous day by the Military Commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, that Senator Apisai Tora and a number of others had approached him in the Fijian Holdings boardroom during the 2000 crisis and asked him to remove from office President Ratu Josefa Iloilo. "If he claims to be fighting for indigenous Fijian rights, then he should explain to the general public why he tried to remove the Tui Vuda who is a chief of his province," Bainimarama said. An interview was arranged between Bainimarama and Assistant Commissioner of Police Crime ACP Kevueli Bulamainaivalu. According to Bainimarama, the 2000 was instigated by "corrupt politicians", and the way to guarantee st