Photo: AFP/Delphine Mayeur
Three municipal policemen in New Caledonia are facing a formal criminal inquiry after a disturbing video went viral, allegedly implicating them in violent acts against a Kanak man.
The officers were not part of the French security forces that were sent to the territory to restore law and order, RNZ Pacific understands.
The state of emergency was lifted on Tuesday, following two weeks of deadly and destructive riots.
A Kanak pro-independence activist predicts police brutality, and riots will continue while Noumea is heavily militarised.
Jimmy Naouna, a member of the pro-independence alliance FLNKS, says having a security force of more than 3000 in Noumea is fuelling violence.
Mr Naouna says the territory needs a political, not a military solution.
RNZ Pacific's Margot Staunton asked him what he thought about reports of police brutality on social media.
