Director of Immigration Amelia Komaisavai

Director of Immigration Amelia Komaisavai has refused to make any comment in connection with the issuance of citizenships linked to the Grace Road Group.

The issue has resulted in Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua offering to step aside while the police investigate the matter.

Komaisavai says she cannot comment on the case and will await the outcome of the investigation.

The investigation concerns the issuing of passports to children of individuals associated with the human rights allegations at Grace Road.

Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua had earlier said that someone in the Department of Immigration allegedly granted citizenship to a child, a foreign national, without his special authority.

Questions have been raised about whether Grace Road investors born in Fiji can obtain Fiji passports.

FBC News has yet to receive a response.