2 Virgin Australia crew members allegedly raped, robbed in Fiji
Fiji police were investigating the incidents that happened outside a nightclub in Nadi
The Fiji government on Thursday said police were investigating incidents involving two crew members of Australian airline Virgin Australia who were allegedly victims of rape and theft in Nadi in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
The crew members were in the popular tourist destination on a layover before they were supposed to fly off the following day, Acting Commissioner of Police Juki Fong Chew said in a statement.
Virgin, which said it was aware of the alleged incidents, has sent people to Fiji to provide support. It did not provide further details.
Fiji police said the investigation so far had found some Virgin crew members had gone to a nightclub in Nadi.
“Unfortunately, two of the crew members were victims of an alleged theft and rape after exiting the nightclub trying to find their way back to the hotel,” Chew said.
Viliame Gavoka, Fiji’s deputy prime minister and minister for tourism and civil aviation, in a statement clarified that these were two separate incidents of alleged theft and sexual assault which affected two different Virgin crew members.
