Fiji, Oct. 13 -- Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says the standard applied when Lynda Tabuya was removed from Cabinet in 2024 will also apply to the male minister at the centre of an explicit video, "regardless of gender".

"Yes, yes, same thing. It will be the same," Rabuka said.

He said he had not spoken to the minister, who was "probably overseas".

"I will talk to him personally. And then I will decide what to do," he said.

Asked whether the minister would be suspended, Rabuka said: "He must have the opportunity to defend himself."

Rabuka said he did not know whether the minister appeared in the video.

"I haven't seen any pictures or any videos or anything like that," he said.

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