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DIWALI MELA: NFP leader Professor Biman Prasad reminds Sydney audience of the true meaning of the Festival of Light and struggles Fiji faces in the coming months and years despite return of 'democracy'

31/10/2015

Professor Biman Prasad with Dr Padma Narsely Lal, Professor Brij Lal and former NFP Leader and Deputy PM in the NFP/FLP Coalition Government Harish Sharma in Liverpool, NSW, Australia

Speech by the Leader of National Federation Party, Professor Biman Prasad at the opening of Ram Krishna Temple & Diwali Mela in Liverpool, NSW, Australia on 30 October 2015 among a crowd of 500 devotees

I am delighted to be here amongst all members and well wishers of Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha NSW as you mark the most important event in the Hindu calendar.

It is extremely pleasing to see that Hindu members of our Indo-Fijian community, who have made Australia their home, and indeed other nations, have maintained and continued their cultural and religious activities in a vibrant manner through Ramayan Mandalis and construction of temples.

This is most admirable as you are bequeathing a strong foundation of self-dignity and the virtues of respect and tolerance to future generations

Ladies and Gentlemen: Deepavali or Diwali is the Festival of Lights. It is a time of rejoicing with family and friends. It is also a time for prayer and reflection about those less fortunate.

The lighting of the traditional lamp, Diya, symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance and most importantly, truth over evil.

The light from the Diya re-commits all of us to bring light to any place facing darkness. Hindus are very resilient and draw strength from their faith and a sense of solidarity in times of adversity.

The return of Lord Rama after 14 years in exile is a triumphant occasion. Lord Rama is the embodiment of truth, justice, righteousness, honesty, integrity and humility.

The virtues of Lord Rama and the significance of Diwali are extremely relevant in a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural country like Fiji, especially when we are transiting to democracy after 8 years of dictatorship, which supposedly ended following general elections in September last year.

Ladies and Gentlemen: We have a newly constituted Parliament, which is the highest court of the land. Parliament must make decisions in the national interest. Narrow, sectarian and personal interests must be discarded.

The high cost of living, the decline of the sugar industry, the devastating effects of the drought, rising unemployment, derogations in the Bill of Rights of the 2013 Constitution, regressive and draconian decrees, a regulated media and the deteriorating health system and medical services are fundamental problems that can only be resolved by a display of sound and sensible leadership.

To ignore these fundamental problems would be doing so at our own peril. You are most fortunate as you live and practice democracy in a nation where fundamental freedoms are entrenched and enjoyed by citizens.

However in Fiji, calling everyone Fijians and saying they enjoy common and equal citizenry doesn’t guarantee fundamental freedoms like freedom of speech, freedom of association and freedom of the media. It does not guarantee job opportunities based on meritocracy, rendering common and equal citizenry meaningless.

Ladies and Gentlemen: These are the challenges we face as a community and as a nation, which unfortunately are not highlighted by the media. This reality may not be grasped by many of you simply because limitations in the Constitution and continuation of regressive Decrees that dilute provisions in the Bill of Rights, resulting in the inability of the media to disseminate such information.

I know that you are not fully aware of the challenges facing our community. This is understandable given lack of media freedom and the restrictive climate of fear a[n]d suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms that we have gone through during 8 years of military rule.

Therefore dissemination of information including the reality and the truth to our people as well as the many thousands of former Fiji citizens living mostly in Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada, has been virtually impossible.

In the absence of dissemination of the reality, mis-information about policies has been vigorously preached. One such policy that has been widely embraced by our former citizens is the common name of Fijian and equal citizenry. The reality is the opposite.

Ladies and Gentlemen: Equal citizenry means equal opportunities. It means economic growth to generate employment; Meritocracy in the civil service and appointments being made at least in proportionate to the population of our ethnic groups; Currently Indo-Fijians constitute less than 25% of the civil service; Also , as a start having a quota for recruitment of personnel from other ethnic groups in the military, again on meritocracy to give it a semblance of multiracialism; Having bipartisan committees to collectively look at serious challenges facing sectors like the sugar industry, health and medical services.

I repeat what I said in Parliament on 23rd November 2015; “Common and equal citizenry in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious nation like Fiji it is important that common and equal citizenry extends beyond equal vote for equal value and common name. It necessitates the creation, promotion and offer of equal opportunity in all sectors based on meritocracy, not nepotism, cronyism reward for loyalists”.

“We must have bipartisanship to look at reviewing the Constitution in accordance with recommendations of the Electoral Commission and the working committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council”.

“These are achievable but it needs firstly political will and capacity to dialogue with the ultimate aim of finding solutions through consensus. These are the virtues that we as a political party have demonstrated for the last 52 years. We preached and practiced the virtue of talk, not force, of national interest before self-interest, and above all equality, dignity and justice for all our citizens”.

“And we intend to do just that in the remaining three years of parliament”.

Ladies and Gentlemen: I conclude quote from a defining speech given on Diwali day in 1988 by the then Indian leader Mr Jai Ram Reddy who said, “What a Diwali it is going to be if we pretend and fool ourselves that our future is bright, It is not a time to be complacent. We will be deceiving ourselves and living in a fool’s paradise. Arise, sharpen your wits and with Diwali rekindle the flame of your wisdom. Learn from the past and strengthen your future from the experience of the present” - unquote

Ladies and Gentlemen: After 14 years of being exiled from Parliament, the NFP returned to reclaim its rightful place after the elections. As a party born out of the struggle for dignity and justice of all our people, the NFP will continue the struggle for the triumph of truth over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance so that our beloved nation once again becomes a beacon of hope and trust.

I sincerely wish you a blessed Deepavali, good health, prosperity and happiness.

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MILGATE FILE: Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum owns 99 of 100 shares in Midlife Investments Ltd so effectively he owns 99% of the ASSET; FICAC wrong to rule he owned nominal interest in MIL; Declaration reeks of criminality!

30/10/2015

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THE MISSING MIDLIFE INVESTMENTS FILE: AIYAZ KHAIYUM OWNS IT!

Fijileaks: By declaring LOT 13 to be worth $80,000 in 2015, 9 years after he purchased it for $100,000 from Faiyaz Koya and three others, Aiyaz Khaiyum committed an offence under his own
Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Decree 2013

15 March 2005: Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum (99 shares) and his mother Latifa Khaiyum (One share) formed Latifa Investments Ltd
31 May 2005: Particulars of mortgage: $284,000, Property Mortgaged, Lot 1 on DP 1280, Certificate of Title No 66993, with ANZ Bank
23 August 2006: Four months before Khaiyum suddenly bolted out of the blue as the interim Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Latifa Investments secured a new mortgage of $675,000 on the same above land title with National Bank of Fiji (NBF), trading as Colonial National, Fiji
15 August 2006: Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum (99 shares) and his mother Latifa (One share) formed Midlife Investments Ltd to facilitate the purchase of Lot 13 from Faiyaz Koya, Sahim Arif Khan, Mohammed Altaf and Anwar Hussein for $100,000 at Wailoaloa
29 August 2006: Faiyaz Koya and three others transferred LOT 13 to MIL for $100,000; in fact to "Mr 99 Per Cent MIL Director Khaiyum"
29 August 2006: MIL borrowed $80,000 from NBF trading as Colonial National Bank via
mortgage against Lot 13 at Wailoaloa
19 August 2008: The mortgage was discharged
24 February 2015: Under his Political Parties Decree Khaiyum declared his Income, Assets and Liabilities stating that he owned a plot of land (Lot 13) owned through MIL at Wailoaloa worth $80,000
16 October 2015: The Opposition Leader Ro Kepa filed a complaint with FICAC that Khaiyum had under declared the value of the land by $20,000 when it bought for $100,000
23 October 2015: FICAC ruled that Khaiyum overstated value of Lot 13 by $60,000 when he declared it was worth $80,000; he only had an equitable contribution of $20,000 in Lot 13, owned by MIL
QUESTION: Who owned MIL? We could not get the answers because the file had been missing from the ROC for several months but now we can reveal that MIL is owned by none other than AIYAZ SAYED KHAIYUM, who owns 99 shares and his mother LATIFA KHAIYUM owns the remaining ONE SHARE in MIL
FINDINGS:
(1) Aiyaz Khaiyum owns 99 per cent of the MIL for the past 9 years including its assets; he is also Company Secretary and Director;
(2) FICAC is WRONG to claim that Khaiyum’s interest in the asset is not the majority interest; in the Annual Returns of MIL for 2006 and 2007 the liability listed is $80,000, which is the amount borrowed by MIL from National Bank of Fiji T/A Colonial National Bank - Mortgage No 593803 on 29 August 2006, and discharged on 19 August 2008, No 708225;
(3) When Khaiyum declared Lot 13 as his asset, he owned 99 per cent of it through his equitable contribution of $20,000 and ownership of 99 per cent of the shares in MIL;
(4) Khaiyum and Midlife Investments Limited paid $100,000 for Lot 13 on 29 August 2006 and that is the value of the property and not the $80,000 he stated in his declaration;
(5) Khaiyum also failed to furnish information about his 99 shares in Latifa and all of these are required to declared by his own Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Decree 2013; he merely stated the company was dormant and de-registration has been applied for (he didn't say when ROC was notified) - LIL file is missing and we have not seen a gazetted notice that it has been de-registered!
Fijileaks: By declaring LOT 13 to be worth $80,000 in 2015, 9 years after he purchased it for $100,000 from Faiyaz Koya and three others, Khaiyum committed an offence under his own Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Decree 2013 and he must be held to ACCOUNT, and either hauled to the QEH barracks or before the COURT!

THE MISSING (AND NOW FOUND) MIDLIFE INVESTMENTS LTD, OWNED 99 PER CENT BY AIYAZ SAYED KHAIYUM SINCE 15 AUGUST 2006:

The Articles of Association (AoA) of Midlife Investments Limited (MIL):

On 15 August 2006 Aiyaz Khaiyum lodged the AoA with the Registrar of Companies. He gave his name and that of Volisa Lynda Elaisa of Lot 1, Nawanawa Rd, Suva, as the subscribers to the AoA. Their signatures were witnessed by Rohit Narayan (f/n Hari Narayan), a Senior Law Clerk, at Colonial National Bank. Basically, Khaiyum and Elaisa were listed as two directors of MIL. They gave their postal addresses as GPO Box 555, Suva.

Our earlier search of this address had led us to BDO Zarin Ltd, the address he had used to secretly buy the domain name FijiFirst in 2009, breaching his own PER decree. As Minister for Elections he was planning to use it in the election his side-kick Frank Bainimarama had promised he was going to hold in September 2009. We were able to confirm the link by examining the Latifa Investments Ltd file, a company in which Khaiyum held (holds?) 99 shares and his mother Latifa, held (holds?) one share. BDO is owned by his aunty Nur Bano Ali. LIL file is still missing from the ROC. In 2005, he had asked Lydia Elaisa, his legal secretary at Colonial, to witness the MoA of Latifa Investments Limited, in which he owned 99 shares and his mother had held one share.

THE Change of Guard at MIL - Latifa Khaiyum new Director with Son:

On 30 August 2006 Lydia Elaisa resigned as one of two MIL directors.

She also resigned as company secretary. She was replaced by Khaiyum's mother Latifa as a new director with Khaiyum.

He also became MIL secretary.

SHARES: Aiyaz: 99 and Latifa: One (1)

In his Annual Return of 31 December 2006 he declared that he owned 99 shares in MIL and his mother Latifa owned one share, exactly like the quota of shares that the mother and son had owned in Latifa Investments Ltd. In his MIL 2006 Annual Return he notified the ROC that Lydia Elaisa had transferred on 30 August 2006 her one share to his mother Latifa. He held on to his 99 shares.

The Annual Returns of MIL for 2007- 2014 (all filed in April 2015) prove that he owned 99 per cent of the shares in Midlife Investments Limited so he owned the majority of the ASSET in MIL and not nominal as ruled by FICAC

FICAC is WRONG to claim that Khaiyum’s interest in the asset is not the majority interest; in the Annual Returns of MIL for 2006 and 2007 the liability listed is $80,000, which is the amount borrowed by MIL from National Bank of Fiji T/A Colonial National Bank - Mortgage No 593803 on 29 August 2006, and discharged on 19 August 2008, No 708225

Fijileaks to Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum: You filed all the MIL returns in April 2014, and brought in the Companies Amendment Decree in June 2014? What for or who for, can you tell us?

Fijileaks to FICAC: Aiyaz Khaiyum also failed to furnish information about his 99 shares in Latifa Investments Limited and all of these are required to be declared by his own Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Decree 2013; he merely stated the company was dormant and de-registration has been applied for (he didn't say when ROC was notified) - LIL file is missing and we have not seen a gazetted notice that it has been de-registered!

BEDDOES PUTS HIS HANDS UP: The Opposition Leader’s Principal Administrative Officer Mick Beddoes today confirmed that there was an error in his company’s 2012 Annual Returns

The matter was highlighted by the Attorney General while defending himself against the Opposition Leader’s complaint against him for making a false declaration of his Assets & Liabilities.

Beddoes said in a statement today that while the Annual Returns of his company in 2012 has nothing to do with the false declaration complaint lodged by the Leader of the Opposition against Mr Khaiyum, it is likely Hon Khaiyum sought to embarrass him because he signed for the Leader in her absence.

Beddoes said that he was unaware of the error until it was highlighted by Hon Khaiyum and following a search he discovered that his partner’s name is listed in the remarks column as the recipient of a parcel of 1,000 shares, which was intended for him. Beddoes said the error has been rectified.

But as for Hon Khaiyum, the Leader of the Opposition has authorized a 2nd letter to the Chairman of the Electoral Commission as well as the Commissioner of Police because further information has been obtained from the Registrar of Companies regarding Midlife Investments Limited. Interestingly the company file had been missing for some time and finally turned up yesterday

Beddoes said that it was noticeable that all of Midlife Investments Annual Returns from 2006 to 2014 [9 years] were all lodged on April 23rd 2015?

Beddoes said the search revealed that Hon Khaiyum did in fact own 99 of the 100 shares issued by Midlife Investments Limited; therefore he effectively owned 99% of the company and its asset, which is contrary to what FICAC concluded in its findings.

Beddoes said FICAC’s findings were based on the assumption that the complaint lodged by the Leader of the Opposition was about the understatement of the asset value, it was not and has nothing to do with either the overstatement or understatement of the asset value, it is all to do with making a false declaration in breach of the Political Parties Decree.

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October 30th 2015

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SIGATOKA PARENTS SHAKING HEAD IN DISBELIEF: NAIDOVI Head Teacher still at large from law for beating and punching student while Childrens Minister Akbar launches Prevention of Child Abuse Campaign!

29/10/2015

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Mother of all Ironies: Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva selected to launch campaign

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MIDLIFE INVESTMENTS LTD: IT was formed by Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum and his mother Latifa Khaiyum to buy LOT 13 at Wailoaloa from Faiyaz Koya, FFP Cabinet Minister, for $100,000; Khaiyum has 99 percent shares in MIL

29/10/2015

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UNFRIENDLY NORTH? Friendly North hospital staff member accused of assaulting the father of a patient waiting for an hour to get son treated

29/10/2015

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A Fijileaks volunteer correspondent in the northern division informs us that a Friendly North hospital staff member, one Filimone of the Records Department, lost his composure and allegedly assaulted a sick patient's father, Mohammed Raza, in the face.

This incident was witnessed by public around midday today.

Victim was said to be filling complains form after waiting for hour to get his child's folder, when two native Fijian staff yelled from the Records to "stop swearing " and came out and one of the above mentioned staff punched the victim Raza in the face.

No police action and staff disciplinary action yet.

Sanjeshwar Lal, a customer care officer, managed to handle the situation calmly well under control being trying to protect hospitals reputation and also helping the patients in his capacity.

Mrs Voce, the medical officer, had been attending to the issue and was very helpful to both staff and patient.

Accoring to our correspondent the hospital is under staffed and needs help. There are only two security guards in entire hospital of Labasa, and every now and then the frustrated patients lose their patience, and not the staff.

What is the Health Ministry doing - "no money and under staff ", our correspondent claims, which is leading to stress due to less pay to attendants and junior staffs and extra workload.

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CONFIRMED: As revealed by Fijileaks, Solo Mara is heading to United States as Fiji's ambassador but scrapping RACE from the recruitment process has seen Indo-Fijians marginalized, native Fijians getting top jobs

29/10/2015

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From a former civil servant:
"The issue of common citizenry [everyone is now called Fijian] is good on paper. Let me share my experience as a civil servant with you. Before, PSC would balance the intake at all levels meaning Indo-Fijians had a better chance of getting government jobs and promotions. This entirely disappeared when the issue of race was removed and everyone was called Fijian. Today, Civil Service is over 80% I-taukei and racism has increased threefold. Lot of people are not aware of this. [One] should check with PM's Office how many Indo-Fijians are employed there or Foreign Affairs, Provincial Development. Indo-Fijians were slowly removed by Inia Seruiratu. The fact remains, and this is the reason why the Prime Minister, did not answer the question on the make up of Civil Service in the Parliament."

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"Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord": The sorry sad plight of Reverend Manasa Lasaro is another stark reminder that coup benefits don't last forever; Lasaro was a leading Christian racist during 1987 coup

29/10/2015

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"In 1988, I had collaborated with a BBC documentary team that produced the program Fiji: Paradise in Peril. In that program, my antagonist was none other than the Reverend Manasa Lasaro. We could not believe what we were hearing from his mouth - that Indo-Fijians are pagans who should be converted to Christianity, and that there should be a strict Sunday Sabbath ban, Methodist style. Lasaro was part of Rabuka's inner circle of coupists and one of the most outspoken racist in religious cloth. The extent of his involvement in the 1987 coups was brought home to me during my political asylum trial in London, based on documents presented to court on my behalf by some of his 'born-again' Taukei Movement leaders and foot-soldiers. Murder, arson, torture, kidnapping, were all on the 'religious menu' to subdue and silence some of the leading Indo-Fijian opponents of the 1987 coups, both inside and outside of Fiji. In November 2006, during the trial of five soldiers who had abducted and tortured an Indo-Fijian USP academic Dr Anirudh Singh (see photo below) over the burning of the 1990 racist Constitution, the President-elect Jioje Konrote testified that there was a secret Special Operations Security Unit, which had been set up after the first Rabuka coup. And, Konrote was part of it. Another enthusiastic thug was a young naval officer by the name of Voreqe Bainimarama, who was delegated to guard Indo-Fijian coup opponents locked up at the Samabula Police Station in Suva. Sadly, now we learn that Lasaro has heart condition and can't barely walk. He is facing trial not for his 1987 coup crimes but for allegedly breaching the PER following Bainimarama's 2006 treasonous coup. In the eyes of the Almighty Lord, the coup crimes, do not pay, even for 'Man of God' .There is no religious immunity from GOD!

Reverend.Kanailagi and Reverend.Lasaro pictured here at C.I.D headquarters in Toorak, Suva

Lasaro and Kanailagi not fit to stand trial - Lawyer

Suva lawyer, Aseri Vakaloloma again stressed in the Suva Magistrates court today that his clients Reverend Manasa Lasaro and Reverend Tomasi Kanailagi are not fit to stand trial.

Lasaro, Kanailagi, Ame Tugaue and the late Reverend Tuikilakila Waqairatu were charged with allegedly organizing and participating in a meeting in breach of the Public Emergency Regulation in 2011.

Vakaloloma says both Lasaro and Kanailagi are heart patients and will not be able to stand trial.

He told the court that Lasaro is not fit enough to walk.

Vakaloloma further stated that the state counsel could have withdrawn the charges as it’s not a serious case.
The state counsel then highlighted that they intend to proceed with the case as it is been dragging for long.
The matter has been adjourned to the 12th of next month. Source: Fijivillage News, 29/10/2015

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CLIMATE Debate: Don't blame Australia, where is Fiji's INDC, Opposition Shadow Minister for Environment Niko Nawaikula asks Bainimarama

28/10/2015

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Statement
[95 of 29/10/2015]

Opposition Environment Shadow Minister, Hon Niko Nawaikula today slammed Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama to stop using cheap opportunistic politics and singling out Australia's emissions but instead focus on what he could control such as Fiji's mandated reporting obligation under the UNFCCC, the Intentional Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC).

“Bainimarama is in environmental denial and fools no one by grandstanding to heighten an international climate change profile aided by PR stunts when Fiji has not yet submitted its own INDC that the Fiji Focus edition of 28 June 20151 stated was going to be submitted in September 2015. Even fellow Pacific Islander the Marshall Islands a smaller country to ours has managed to submit their INDC, so what is the problem?” said Nawaikula.
“We missed the opportunity in Bonn last week to table our INDC so that we are a legitimate part of the international climate change conversation. Taking it to Paris is not helpful to other UNFCCC parties who have submitted theirs and will only take the already slow negotiations progress backwards”, said Hon Nawaikula.

Nawaikula added that Fiji was bound by UNFCC COP decisions1/CP.19 and 1/CP.202 where parties were supposed to submit INDCs well in advance of COP 21 (by the first quarter of 2015). “Now we understand that the Attorney General's office will also wade into climate change, and while that is welcome, having three separate Departments like Environment, Foreign Affairs and AG's Chambers all pushing for the same thing will only lead to turf wars within the government machinery when government resources are already thin,” said Nawaikula.

“The truest measure of Fiji's sincerity on climate change is what is happening here on our shores. It is no secret that industrialized countries have high emissions, but unsurprisingly Fiji is not as aggressively vocal towards China, India, the EU and the USA? Current 'Quid Quo Pro' arrangements should not weaken Fiji's unequivocal stand on climate change and our ability to thrive in the face of dire climate change impacts depends on whatever outcome will be agreed to in Paris this December”, stated Nawaikula.

“The real test of Bainimarama's sincerity on climate change before they head to the Paris Climate talks and Fiji's supposed low-carbon pathway and 'green growth' will be evident when his Government tables their 2016 Budget on 06 November to see whether they will invest in truly renewable energy and other environmentally sound approaches in their budget policies”, said Nawaikula.

“Bainimarama continues to laud the Suva Declaration yet the political uptake among our other Pacific colleagues has been pitiful and has only divided unity such as that in our primary negotiation bloc AOSIS”, added Nawaikula.

“The People are not fooled and ideally Parliament and The People should have oversight over Fiji's position at the Paris Climate Change talks as Standing Order 130 dictates but we are not surprised when the Government has selective amnesia on what Standing Order they will abide by”, added Nawaikula.

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FNUGATE: The former acting FNU VC Ian Rouse refused to answer whether he was privy to the missing KIRI-EU funds estimated at $6m!

28/10/2015

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Making false and/or misleading statements to Committee Members, External Auditors and the European Union (EU)

It is this aspect that caused me the greatest concern and triggered my decision to resign from my role as MFP. As will be self-evident this issue has the potential of exposing FNU to a $6m liability which [Ganesh] Chand and [Narendra] Prasad misled the Council, the Audit Committee, the Financial Resources Committee, FNU’s external auditors and the officials of the EU. This liability has its genesis in the Kiri EU saga and the following is just a snapshot so FICAC can get the gist of this matter.

Between 2006 and 2008 the EU entered into a donor contract with the Government of Kiribati for training and infrastructure. EU also entered into a bilateral contract with then Fiji School of Medicine (FSM), under which FSM was to provide training and supervise the infrastructure projects. The total funding granted by EU for the whole project was some EU$7.28m (F$18m).

The project was completed in 2010 and in the same year the FSM merged with the newly formed FNU. By virtue of s45 of the FNU Decree 2010 FNU was deemed to have taken over the FSM’s bilateral contract with EU and hence liable under the contract for any ineligible expenditure expended from the donor monies.

During early 2013 EU officials in Fiji expressed concerns to Chand/Prasad regarding the ineligible expenditure of some EU$5.8m (F$14m), based on EU auditors report. This amount was later reduced by EU$3.3m after the Kiribati Government engaged its own engineers which certified that the donor funding for infrastructure was properly spent on the buildings, the existence of which they also verified.

This now exposes FNU to the current ineligible expenditure of EU$2.5 (F$6m) for which EU has been seeking credible documentation since 2013. I enclose the chronology of events [ANNEXURE J] which Chand/Prasad gave to the Audit Committee when it “grilled” them about the saga at its 12/8/14 meeting. The Audit Committee had asked Chand and Prasad to resolve the saga and convene an urgent meeting for further deliberation. Both men have failed to do so. At this juncture I again refer FICAC to my submissions of 9/9/14 (Annexure C). That document gives cogent evidence regarding my continuing efforts to get the assistance of Prasad and Anand to resolve the matter, to no avail. Despite knowing the urgency attaching to this case, Prasad went overseas (Solomon Islands) without informing me. He appointed Anand acting Director Finance in his absence. When I asked Anand to provide me documents so that we could provide credible information to EU, this was simply ignored. Upon Prasad’s return Anand complained that I was dragging the chain and hindering the progress to resolve the saga.

Prior to my appointment Anand had major involvement with the Kiri EU saga and had even gone to Kiribati to obtain documents. He also liaised with local auditors in Fiji who had performed certain audits of the Kiri EU project. Despite his extensive involvement and knowledge, he refused to assist me and was overtly evasive when I sought documents about the project that were in his control or possession. One Sanjesh Lal who was initially the Kiri EU Project Accountant at the FSM during 2010 to 2013 also had extensive knowledge of various documentation, but deliberately barred by Chand/Prasad to assist me about the missing documentation pertaining to the ineligible expenditure.

Prasad and Chand have deliberately misled the Audit Committee and the Financial Resources Committee about the severity of the Kiri EU saga and the potential $6m liability to hide their own fraud, incompetence or financial governance obligations. They have failed to inform FNU’s external auditors about this potential liability so that a provision for this amount could have been created in FNU’s 2013 annual financial statements; in the event that the EU ultimately decides to recoup this amount from FNU in terms of the original contract, then the amount is redeemed from the provision and not from FNU’s operational funding.

Alternatively, the amount should have been disclosed in the financials by way of a note as a contingent liability. This will comply with the true and fair view of financial reporting to the FNU’s stakeholders as mandated by the relevant Accounting Standards and the financial reporting laws of Fiji. Either way, Chand and Prasad ought to have made full and frank disclosures to the Audit Committee, the Financial Resources Committee and the external auditors. They have deliberately failed to do so.

Apart from FNU’s CEO (s30 (2) FNU Decree), Chand is also its Principal Accounting Officer (s36 (2) FNU Decree). In addition, he is an official member of the FNU Council (s13 of FNU Decree). Section 22 of the FNU Decree imposes a personal obligation on him to perform his duties honestly and in the best interests of the FNU. As FNU’s CEO he must bear the ultimate accountability and responsibility of the Kiri EU scam. Both he and Prasad were active participants in the saga.

Based on the evidence submitted so far, it is incomprehensible that Mr Chand has acted honestly and in FNU’s best interest. The contrary is the case. As the credit card situation shows (see 2.1 above) he and Prasad have abused FNU funds for their own personal gain and have attempted to write off the amounts they owe FNU.

I therefore claim that both men have abused their office and that is a further violation of s139 of the Crimes Decree. Their acts described above is yet again arbitrary which is prejudicial to the rights of FNU in several ways. First, the delaying tactics of Prasad and Chand regarding the Kiri EU saga since 2012 is itself prejudicial in that many of the staff involved have left FNU and the memories of the remaining staff have faded during the time. Then, both men appear to have spent FNU funds unnecessarily in their concerted effort to avoid any liability to FNU to simply protect their impropriety.

FICAC will note from the evidence that Chand/Prasad sought legal opinion from Sherani Lawyers how to avoid the liability. However, the trio were advised that FNU was liable. This was a sheer waste of FNU funds or use of funds for an improper purpose. As already mentioned, under s45 of the FNU Decree FNU was always liable once the FSM merged with it. The Decree clearly states so in lay man’s term. Prasad’s inability to read such a simple statutory provision once again raises serious questions about his competence. FICAC should also note that FNU has its own in house lawyer who could have provided the opinion to the duo.

Thirdly, FNU’s reputation has been seriously damaged by the actions of Chand, Prasad and their cronies. EU may not provide any future donor finding to FNU in light of the Kiri EU saga. This will severely prejudice FNU’s stakeholders, including its current and future students and its bilateral relationship with other Pacific nations or their universities.

Finally, the conduct of Chand and Prasad preventing me to expose their wrongdoing tells its own compelling tale. Both men accuse me of shirking from my responsibility in not resolving the saga, yet refuse to provide me with all the information and documentation that I have been seeking. For example, on 5/9/14 [ANNEXURE K] I emailed Prasad seeking various information that appeared on the chronology that he provided to the Audit Committee. He has refused to provide any of the information I sought, nor provides any cogent reasons for his refusal. This is as odds with his assurance that he gave to the Audit Committee at its 12/8/14 meeting that he and his team (me included) were working tirelessly to resolve the saga.

Referral to the Office of the Prime Minister

I have been advised by some of the employees of FNU that in the past they complained about some of the matters that I have raised in this complaint. However FICAC refused to act and Chand and Prasad later victimised the staff after a FICAC employee revealed their identity to Chand. Whilst I have no evidence to back this up, I am concerned that given Chand’s political clout he has the ability to derail any corruption complaint against him, Prasad, Anand and FNU Council members implicated in this complaint.

It is for this reason I have taken the step in providing a copy of this complaint to the Office of the Prime Minister so that it is accorded proper, genuine and realistic investigation and prosecutorial consideration. The public interest and rule of law demand no less.

Conclusion

I therefore request my complaint be investigated urgently. Please note that my last day as an employee at FNU is 20/11/14 after which I intend to return to Australia. It is therefore in everyone’s interest that FICAC act with all due diligence and promptitude in resolving all the matters raised in this complaint.

Copies of all the relevant documents referred to in the complaint are enclosed. Should FICAC require any further documents or information, please let me know.

Yours sincerely
[SIGNED]
ANDREW M SINGH
Copy to: Josaia Vorege Bainimarama, Prime Minister, Office of the Prime Minister, 4th Floor, Government Buildings, Suva.

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CATASTROPHIC VAT: MoF sources tell Fijileaks that Khaiyum plans to raise VAT to 20% in the next Budget to pay for all the false promises FijiFirst Party made in its election manifesto to con voters to vote FFP!

27/10/2015

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Fijileaks to Khaiyum: Where is Midlife Investments Limited file, for Registrar of Companies tells us it is still not in the system? And, if you only held $20,000 of the $80,000 loan through COLONIAL (where you were legal officer), who paid to Minister Faiyaz Koya - "Mr 895 VOTES" - and three others $100,000 when they sold their Lot 13 to MIL?
Some alien Fijians from OUTER SPACE? We are not STUPID!

And where is the Latifa Investments Ltd file, the company you owned with your mother Latifa, and in your Assets Declaration, you claimed that you have applied for the deregistration of the company; ROC informs Fijileaks that like MIL file, Latifa file is also missing from the system!
Come on, you bloody CON MERCHANT, tells us about the missing files!

VICTOR LAL TO AIYAZ SAYED KHAIYUM: In 2006 and 2009, I had accessed the Latifa file in ROC to write a story in pro-democracy C4/5 to reveal how you sold your Berry Rd property at an inflated price ($850,000) to Bright Star Investments Ltd, owned by the Tappoos; now it has emerged that the Tappoos had stepped in to save you from bankruptcy. The Berry Rd property was about to be put on mortgagee sale by ANZ Bank because you couldn't meet your repayment. And, that is why ANZ Bank is now your principal and favourite regime bank, to keep it sweet and happy. Basically, the Latifa file was in the ROC and now it has gone MISSING on your orders!

STALKING HORSE: Bright Star Investments was formed on 8 August 2005, and Suresh Lal Tappoo gave his citizenship as Australian and Yogesh Tappoo gave his as New Zealander. Sweetener: Khaiyum's Dual Citizenship Decree allowing former Fijian citizens, mostly in Australia and New Zealand, dual passports!

And one can see the same fingerprints in Midlife Investments Ltd; MIL's registered office is cited as 40 Lovoni Rd, Suva. At the time Khaiyum was staying on this address, the property was owned by his father before he moved to his own house. Aiyaz Khaiyum says he owned only one per cent share in MIL, so who owned 99 per cent, the Khaiyum family, to whom Faiyaz Koya sold Lot 13 for $100,000?

It is time a group of law-abiding Fijians travelled up to Geneva to tell the UN about the stinking ROTTEN state of Fiji that is ruled by KHAIYUM!

Two tyrants captured: Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi

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THE MISSING MIDLIFE INVESTMENTS FILE: AIYAZ KHAIYUM OWNS IT!

Fijileaks: By declaring LOT 13 to be worth $80,000 in 2015, 9 years after he purchased it for $100,000 from Faiyaz Koya and three others, Aiyaz Khaiyum committed an offence under his own Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Decree 2013

THE MISSING (AND NOW FOUND) MIDLIFE INVESTMENTS LTD, OWNED 99 PER CENT BY AIYAZ SAYED KHAIYUM SINCE 15 AUGUST 2006:

The Annual Returns of MIL for 2007- 2014 (all filed in April 2015) prove that he owned 99 per cent of the shares in Midlife Investments Limited so he owned the majority of the ASSET in MIL and not nominal as ruled by FICAC

Fijileaks to Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum: You filed all the MIL returns in April 2014, and brought in the Companies Amendment Decree in June 2014? What for or who for, can you tell us?

It is time a group of law-abiding Fijians travelled up to Geneva to tell the UN about the stinking ROTTEN state of Fiji that is ruled by KHAIYUM!

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