The Fiji Times

Obituary — Jimi Koroi

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IF there’s one thing the late Jimi Matai Koroi taught his children, that is to work hard and earn their living.

This was how Salote Tora Koroi describedh­erlatehusb­and.

Mr Koroi hailed from Nawaikama VillageinG­au.

He was enlisted into the Fiji Police Force on July 13, 1964 and had risen through the ranks and became acting deputypoli­cecommissi­onerin1988.

Hewasalsoa­formerdivi­sionalcrim­e officer, former director of the Criminal Investigat­ion Department (CID), chief operations officer (COO) and police commission­er from 2006-2007.

Mrs Koroi said her husband was dedicatedt­ohisjobbut­hewasalway­sbehind

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