Police have today confirmed that all the investigations in relation to the May 2000 coup which happened exactly 8 years ago today are now closed.

Manager Major Crime, SP Luke Navela who was leading the investigations told Fijivillage News that the files are now closed and no further investigations will be conducted into the upheavals of May 200.

SP Navela also revealed that some prominent people were also investigated however due to insufficient evidence, no charges were laid.

He said upon the reviewing of the files it was established that no further investigations will be conducted and the decision was made to close all investigations into the May 2000 coup.

Meanwhile, the Fiji Labour Party has expressed dismay that eight years on since the 2000 coup and certain key supporters and financiers of the coup have still not been brought to justice.

In a statement FLP President, Jokapeci Koroi said the ghost of 2000 will not be laid to rest unless all those responsible for the pain and suffering associated with the coup are held accountable for the misdeeds.

Koroi said the party remembers with deep sadness the nineteen people who lost their lives and the trauma inflicted on members of the People's Government held hostage for 56 days at gunpoint in the 2000 coup.

According Koroi the political mayhem of 2000 remains the darkest blotch in the modern history of Fiji. She said it plunged the nation into months of chaos, unleashed untold violence, terror and destruction and brought suffering to hundreds of innocent rural families from Muaniweni to Dreketi in the North.

Meanwhile, former FLP parliamentarian, Ragho Nand who was also held hostage during the 2000 coup said the future of the country is still in the dark as the concerns of the indigenous Fijians and other communities has not been addressed.