Viliame Naupoto

Commander Viliame Naupoto is a former Commander of the Fijian Navy and currently Fiji's Director of Immigration. He was appointed to this post on 8 January 2007 [http://www.fijivillage.com/artman/publish/article_34954.shtml] by the Public Service Commission on the advice of Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who seized power in a military coup on 5 December 2006.

Naupoto was appointed to replace Eroni Luveniyali, whom the Military suspended and later dismissed. According to a Fiji Sun report on 9 January, the appointment was made in defiance of a High Court order that Luveniyali be reinstated.

In an interview with the Fiji Sun published on 23 January 2007, Naupoto said that Fiji's immigration system was replete with loopholes that allowed illegal immigrants to enter the country easily. This fueled corruption in the country, he claimed.

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