Voter cards

Our correspondent says the warning comes after police received allegations that a Port Vila businessman is collecting his employees' cards.

The businessman, a former French national who was recently granted citizenship, is one of three naturalised citizens contesting the Port Vila constituency.

The distribution follows complaints that many voters lost their cards when cyclone Pam devastated much of the island last March.

With seven seats in parliament, Tanna is Vanuatu's biggest constituency and some parties have expressed concern that many locals may be unable to vote in the snap election on 22 January.