No formal communication between police investigators revealed that Sitiveni Qiliho gave a formal directive to stop the investigation into the University of the South Pacific.

The fifth prosecution witness in the trial against former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho today testified that she was shocked when she was allegedly asked by the police commissioner to stop the investigation into the University of the South Pacific.

Former Chief of Intelligence, Investigation, and Prosecution, ACP Biu Matavou, today confirmed in the Suva Magistrates Court that records show that the investigation into the University of the South Pacific officially closed on January 6, 2022.

Former Acting Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu says the issue about the investigation into the University of the South Pacific was raised at the National Security Council meeting in 2020.

The decision to halt the FICAC investigation into the University of the South Pacific came from the USP Council.

The Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption discovered abuse and mismanagement of allowances paid to staff at the University of the South Pacific during an investigation in 2019.

Prominent Suva Lawyer Richard Naidu is experiencing a sense of relief now that the case against him has concluded and he has no conviction.

The first prosecution witness in the case against former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho testified that she was not aware that the report prepared by University of the South Pacific’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia had leaked on social media.

The Suva High Court has this morning set aside the case against prominent Suva Lawyer, Richard Naidu.

Two men who set fire to a variety shop and a mosque and stole from a retail shop in Taveuni have been sentenced by the Labasa High Court.

The trial against former Prime Minister and suspended Police Commissioner will continue today.

The first prosecution witness in the trial against former Prime Minister and suspended Police Commissioner informed the court that union leaders lodged a police complaint of alleged mismanagement after the Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption stopped their investigation.