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Fiji’s former prime minister Frank Bainimarama, who led the Pacific island nation for 16 years till narrowly dropping an election in December, has been charged with abuse of workplace.
Fiji’s Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde has sanctioned costs of abuse of workplace in opposition to Mr Bainimarama and suspended police commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho, a press release from the general public prosecutor mentioned on Thursday.
The fees relate to a criticism by the College of South Pacific in 2019 that the 2 had terminated “an energetic police investigation” into the actions of former employees members of the college.
The chief of intelligence for the Fiji Police, Sakeo Raikai, mentioned in a live-streamed information convention Mr Bainimarama and Mr Qiliho have been being held in custody in a single day at a police station and would seem in courtroom on Friday.
Mr Bainimarama, who couldn’t be instantly reached by Reuters for remark, resigned from parliament on Wednesday. His occasion Fiji First declined to remark.
Mr Bainimarama was suspended from Fiji’s parliament final month for sedition and insulting the president.
In a Fb put up asserting his resignation on Wednesday, Mr Bainimarama mentioned it was “unjustified” he had been suspended for 3 years, and accused the coalition authorities of breaching the nation’s structure.
– Reuters
