Ex-PM has been accused of stopping a police investigation into former staff members at a university
Former Fijian leader Frank Bainimarama has been released on bail and said he “served with integrity,” after pleading not guilty to abusing his power as prime minister by stopping a police investigation.
The charges, announced on Thursday by the country’s top prosecutor, relate to a complaint to police made by the University of the South Pacific in July 2019 regarding the activities of former university staff members. “The former prime minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, and the suspended police commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho, are alleged to have arbitrarily and in abuse of the authority of their respective offices, terminated an active police investigation,” chief prosecutor Christopher Pryde said.
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