Tag: abuse of office
Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama jailed over block of USP probe
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Former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has been sentenced to one year in prison, Fiji media are reporting.
Bainimarama, alongside suspended Fiji Police Commissioner...
Fiji state appeals Banimarama and Qiliho sentences in corruption case
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Fiji's Acting Public Prosecutor has filed an appeal against the sentences of former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho...
Fiji chief justice overturns not guilty verdicts in Bainimarama, Qiliho case
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The Fiji High Court has ruled that former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho are guilty of corruption.
Acting Chief...
Fiji’s ex-PM Bainimarama, Sayed-Khaiyum charged for abuse of office
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Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and former Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum are due to appear in court today on a charge related to...
Fiji media condemn ‘distasteful, unacceptable’ threats by former PM
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva
The Fijian Media Association (FMA) has labelled comments made by former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama this week to media workers...
How the USP political saga may end the era of Bainimarama...
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Bahadur Singh in Suva
The long-running row between the former Fiji government and the Suva-based regional University of the South Pacific (USP)...
Fiji’s Bainimarama granted bail, ordered to remain in country
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Fiji's former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho have been granted bail.
Both men have pleaded not guilty to one...
Fiji’s Bainimarama, suspended police chief plead not guilty to abuse of...
By Meri Radinibaravi in Suva
Former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho appeared before Suva Magistrates Court judge Justice Seini...
Former Fiji PM Bainimarama and suspended police chief charged
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Fiji's top prosecutor has sanctioned charges of abuse of office against former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and the suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho.
In...
Fiji’s sugar minister condemns ‘disappearance’ of FICAC abuse allegation files
By Serafina Silaitoga in Suva
Files submitted to the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) two years ago over alleged abuse of funds by a...