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Magistrate Yogesh Prasad has instructed three escorting police officers to take Ginna Choi, Lagomarcino Baules and Peniasi Delai to the Legal Aid Commission for representation. Choi, Baules and Delai, who were alle
Charges have been laid against Deputy Prime Minister, Manoa Kamikamica. According to the Magistrates Court cause list, Kamikamica has been charged by FICAC. He is charged with perjury and giving false informat
A 20-year-old man has been charged with one count of unlawful possession of illicit drugs, namely methamphetamine. Police say the accused was arrested by members of the Southern Division Task Force during a raid at
Suva lawyer, Wylie Clarke who is representing Member of Parliament, Manoa Kamikamica says the charges laid by FICAC against Member of Parliament, Manoa Kamikamica are fundamentally flawed, incredibly defective and there
A man guilty of drug possession has been told in court that it is lazy people like him who have poisoned our youth. Magistrate Yogesh Prasad highlighted this to Marika Magita in court as he is charged with unlawful
Magistrate Yogesh Prasad has told Tomasi Tuirabe that it is his lucky day as the buyer of a $4,000 phone that Tuirabe resold for $100 because the buyer will face the full brunt of the law while Tuirabe will get half of
The trial for Yu Yang Feng, Minghui Dai, Zhou Lan who were allegedly found with methamphetamine and a large sum of money in Rewa Street, Suva last month will be on the 4th, 5th and 7th of next month. Feng, Dai and
Former Counter Narcotics Bureau member, Varinava Sabua, who is charged with abuse of office and receiving a corrupt benefit has pleaded not guilty to both the charges. He has been further remanded. The Office
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Fijian Broadcasting Corporation, Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Chief Financial Officer, Vimlesh Sagar will take their plea in December in their case involving the tender and procurement o
31-year-old Lui Bale Vuibureta, also known as XKON on TikTok, will take his plea on the 19th of November. The State filed amended charges this morning, removing counts two and three. Magistrate Josaia Waqaivol
A 24-year-old Police officer will appear in the Suva Magistrates Court today for allegedly stealing more than $3,000 from a 66-year-old man of Sigatoka in March last year. Police say following consultations with th
The case where 5,000 ex-servicemen allege they were not paid $25 billion in allowances for peacekeeping missions for United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon between 1978 and 2002 has been adjourned to next month to chec
Occupational Health and Safety Inspector, Ashneel Nath who is charged with one count of manslaughter arising from a breach of duty in relation to the death of a 21-year-old woman who fell from a ferris wheel in Suva in
Australian resident Tajini Vakaloloma remains remanded in custody after appearing in court today for allegedly assaulting a Cityline bus driver last Thursday. Vakaloloma’s lawyer told the court his client wants t
The Suva Magistrates Court has granted the State’s application to set aside Mokani farmer Waisea Naitini’s guilty plea for now for allegedly trespassing at Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s residence in June this y
An Occupational Health and Safety Inspector has been charged with one count of manslaughter arising from a breach of duty in relation to the death of a 21-year-old woman who fell from a ferris wheel in Suva in June 2023
The man who allegedly assaulted a bus driver in Samabula early yesterday morning has been charged and will appear in the Suva Magistrates Court today. Central Transport driver Roneel Chand says he was punched i
Samuela Tawase, the man who was involved in the alleged sacrilege case at the Shiv Temple in Samabula has been deemed fit to stand trial by doctors. Tawase appeared before Magistrate Yogesh Prasad this morning and
Joshua Ravula and Yin Qing Qing have been further remanded into custody till 23rd October for their formal bail applications. The two are charged with one count each of unlawful possession of illicit drugs and were
Hadyat Ali, who is accused to be linked to the circulation of Viber messages purporting to be the Commissioner of Police, asking for money, has been released on bail. Ali appeared at the Nasinu Magistrates Court th
