The vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 troubled University of 바카라사이트 South Pacific (USP) has?been deported to Australia by immigration officials in Fiji, where 바카라사이트 multi-country institution is headquartered.
Pal Ahluwalia and his partner, Sandra Price, were placed on a flight to Brisbane after being detained overnight on 3?February.
A??to Professor Ahluwalia from 바카라사이트 Fijian Immigration Department declares 바카라사이트 couple to be “prohibited immigrants” who are “ordered to leave Fiji with immediate effect”.
The letter says 바카라사이트 minister for immigration has deemed 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor to be “a person who is or has been conducting himself in a manner prejudicial to 바카라사이트 peace, defence, public safety, public order, public morality, public health, security or good government of 바카라사이트 Fiji Islands”.
The drama is 바카라사이트 latest instalment in a governance crisis that has pitted Professor Ahluwalia, a Kenyan-born social scientist who has worked as a university executive in 바카라사이트 UK and Australia, against pro-chancellor Winston Thompson.
The dispute stems from allegations of abuse of office that Professor Ahluwalia raised against USP administrators months after he joined 바카라사이트 university in late 2018. An investigation of 바카라사이트 claims was mounted by 바카라사이트 Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption but later referred back to 바카라사이트 university.
An independent probe by a forensic accounting firm upheld some of 바카라사이트 allegations, leading 바카라사이트 university to implement recommendations to improve governance and transparency.
But council members’ dissatisfaction with Professor Ahluwalia’s handling of 바카라사이트 issue led to his suspension in June last year. While that decision was quickly overturned, he says he has endured a plethora of investigations in a “vendetta” orchestrated by Mr Thompson, who in October levelled fresh allegations that Professor Ahluwalia had deliberately bypassed governance processes.
Mr Thompson confirmed 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor’s deportation and said 바카라사이트 government had not explained 바카라사이트 reasons to 바카라사이트 university. “The circumstances are not all clear at this stage,” he said.
He said he expected an interim vice-chancellor to be appointed within 바카라사이트 next day. “There is of course a great deal of emotion involved, so we’ll wait until things simmer down and we can move logically,” Mr Thompson said.
“The reality is that 바카라사이트 government of Fiji, which is 바카라사이트 home of 바카라사이트 university, has taken action that we have got to live with. As far as we’re concerned a decision has been taken, so we’ll accommodate it as best we can.”
Fijian broadcaster?FBC News?reported that Professor Ahluwalia had asked officials 바카라사이트 grounds of his deportation and been told that he posed a “public risk”. He told 바카라사이트 broadcaster that he remained vice-chancellor.
Mr Thompson said this was not true. “His contract states quite clearly should he lose his work permit, 바카라사이트n his contract is terminated forthwith,” he said.
The episode is 바카라사이트 latest example of reformist foreign vice-chancellors being forced to leave Melanesia after falling foul of authorities and governing councils. In 2018, British botanist John Warren fled Papua New Guinea after a falling out with 바카라사이트 council of 바카라사이트 Rabaul-based University of Natural Resources and Environment.
Dutch environmental economist Albert Schram was deported from PNG in 2013 and left again in 2018 over disputes involving his leadership of 바카라사이트 Papua New Guinea University of Technology in Lae.
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