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FIJILEAKS: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, as Aiyaz Khaiyum jets abroad on an unscheduled trip to Singapore according to FFP insiders; NFP: "The governance of Fiji needs to take a new direction in 2017 for all citizens..." 

31/12/2016

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December 31, 2016

MEDIA RELEASE
 
FIJI NEEDS SOUND AND SENSIBLE LEADERSHIP: NFP
 
The governance of Fiji needs to take a new direction in 2017 for all our citizens to witness genuine parliamentary democracy and full restoration of fundamental human rights and freedoms that are prerequisites for the social, political and economic advancement of our nation.
 
A New Year is naturally the culmination of the festive season. It is a time of rejoicing, reflection, making resolutions and welcoming the New Year with celebrations in a spirit of togetherness and harmony.
 
It is also a time to remember the sick and the infirm, the less fortunate and all those unable to celebrate New Year with the same passion and vigour as others due to various reasons.
 
The high cost of living, lack of meritocracy in the appointments to jobs and key positions in our civil service and statutory organisations, the staggering sugar industry, the devastating effects of Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston that has destroyed livelihood of many thousands of people, the bungling of a good policy like Help for Homes Initiative that has resulted in more than 3000 people still living in tents, the damage caused by recent floods, rising unemployment, rising national debt levels, 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 as well as our public road infrastructure 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. 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.
 
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 our people simply because of 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.
 
The derogations in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution, regressive Decrees especially those impeding the conduct of truly credible, free and fair elections must be changed in accordance with the recommendations of the Multinational Observer Group (MOG) Report as well as the 2014 Report of the Electoral Commission.
 
And this can only happen if the Fiji First Government changes its confrontational approach in the spirit of goodwill and hope and facilitates the necessary changes through Parliament.
 
We recall the comments of the Prime Minister of India, the late Mrs Indira Gandhi when she visited Fiji in 1981. Mrs Gandhi said: -
 
“Most of us believe in a multiracial and multicultural society, the texture of which is rich in variety and ethnicity. Understandably, in such societies some tensions do arise but in a democratic set-up we must have checks and balances to safeguard the rights of each ethnic group. Hence a greater responsibility develops on leaders to show the way. The task is not easy. In every country there are some who think they have all the answers to the problems that beset us.”
 
Those sentiments are still relevant to Fiji as we strive for a harmonious future based on firm principles of democracy, good governance and economic growth.
 
This is the fundamental challenge facing the current leadership who must not pretend it has the solutions, but make a genuine effort in resolving the concerns in the best interest of the nation.
 
Parliament is the highest court of the land. Parliament must make decisions in the national interest. Narrow and sectarian interests must be discarded.
 
As a party born out of the struggle for dignity and justice of all our people, the NFP will continue the struggle for our beloved nation to once again become a beacon of hope and trust.
 
We wish you a happy, healthy, prosperous and blessed 2017.
 
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Professor Biman Prasad
NFP Leader

BAINIMARAMA'S 2017 NEW YEAR MESSAGE

12/31/2016
My Fellow Fijians, Bula vinaka and a very Happy New Year to you all.

As always, this is a time of celebration as we herald in a new year – 2017. Those celebrations are tempered by the fact that many Fijians have once again lost their possessions and crops in the recent tropical depression. But we can all be grateful that we have been spared the tragic loss of life that accompanied Tropical Cyclone Winston back in February.

Our thoughts and prayers tonight are especially with the families of the 44 Fijians who were killed by Winston. And we ask God to comfort them and give them strength.

New Year is also a time when many of us make resolutions, some of which we keep and others that fall by the wayside. But this year, there is one resolution that as Fijians, we have a solemn duty to uphold. And that is to effectively carry out the task we have been given to lead the world in the fight against climate change. And the threat to our oceans and seas posed by pollution and overfishing.

As many of you know, Fiji has been given the honour by the global community to be President of COP-23 – the United Nations climate negotiations to reduce carbon emissions and arrest the global warming that is triggering extreme weather events like Winston and causing the seas to rise.

As your Prime Minister, I will be guiding the deliberations of almost 200 countries as we gather in Bonn, Germany, in November to continue to seek a more decisive response on the part of the industrial nations. And to set aside funds to enable developing countries such as Fiji to adapt to the changes to their way of life that have been caused through no fault of our own.

In the months before that, I will be travelling the world to forge a consensus on the best way forward. And we will be holding a very important Pre-COP high-level gathering here in Fiji in October before the main Bonn conference the following month.

Tonight, I want to explain to each and every one of you the importance of this mission and why I will be spending so much of my time this year on COP-23 to make it the success that it must be for the sake of every person on the planet. And to explain why it is also crucial that we make a resounding success of the World Oceans Summit – which Fiji is cohosting with Sweden in New York in June.

First of all, I see it as my overriding responsibility as the leader of our nation to secure the future of the Fijian people. To protect our environment, our land and seas, not only for the sake of every Fijian today but for the generations to come.

Nothing is more important than this. Because if we can’t defend ourselves against extreme weather events and the rising seas; if we can’t protect our seas and our marine resources, then all our efforts to develop our nation will be jeopardised.

Everything depends on our ability to get the world to sit up and take notice of the unprecedented threat we currently face to our way of life.

We must persuade the industrial nations to pursue more radical action to reduce their carbon emissions that are causing global warming. We must get the world to stop degrading our oceans and seas.

I want to make one thing perfectly clear. This is not someone else’s problem. It is your problem, my problem. Our problem. And we must do everything possible to forge a strong partnership around the world to fix it.

Our success matters to every person in the path of the stronger and more frequent cyclones we are experiencing. Every family that has lost the roofs to their homes. Every farmer whose crop is damaged or destroyed by floods or drought. Everyone who goes fishing in our waters.

No-one is immune. No-one is exempt. And it is you and your family who I will be fighting for when I crisscross the world in the coming months trying to get my fellow leaders to act. And it is your interests that will be uppermost in my mind when I take the podium in New York in June and Bonn in November to lead the nations of the world in these discussions.

At the same time, I will be giving equal weight to our domestic agenda – our ongoing program of service delivery to the Fijian people, and the continuing reforms that have produced the longest- running period of economic growth in Fijian history. With our increased prosperity, we are connecting more Fijians than ever before to basic services such as water and electricity. And while our roads have again taken a battering from the elements, our road building and maintenance program remains a national priority, including the provision of proper street lighting in urban and rural areas.

And then there are all the other things that have been the hallmark of this Government – strengthening our education revolution; improving access to medical services and the quality of our hospitals; reforming the civil service to make it more efficient and professionally rewarding for those who serve the public; and continuing to refine and strengthen the investment climate in Fiji, which has never been better and is generating the current prosperity that we are determined to extend to every Fijian.

So my New Year message to my Ministers and MPs and the nation’s civil servants is that we must redouble our efforts in 2017 to serve our own people. While at the same time, doing everything we possibly can to fulfill our duty to the world to make COP-23 and the Oceans Summit an unqualified success.

My fellow Fijians, never before in the history of our nation has Fiji been entrusted with such a momentous task. Not only on behalf of ourselves and our Pacific neighbours but on behalf of the citizens of every other low-lying and vulnerable areas of the world.

That a nation of less than a million people has been given the job of forging a plan of action for the entire global community of 7.4 billion people is a phenomenal achievement.

• It recognises the increasing respect that Fiji enjoys – whether it is for our disproportionate contribution to UN Peacekeeping, our capacity-building in our island neighbours, our sporting prowess or the growing collection of Fijian Made quality goods and services that are penetrating markets throughout the world.

• It recognises our leadership role in the Pacific and on behalf of Small Island Developing States everywhere.

• It recognises the progress that we have made here in Fiji over the past decade, and especially the creation of our new democracy.

• And it recognises my Government’s concerted effort to make Fijian voices heard more strongly in the great forums of the world. And especially on the issues on which the well-being, even the survival, of our people depends.

Because of this, Fiji has never stood taller or more proudly in the community of nations. But I must also tell you that the job we are facing in New York and Bonn is immense. And I will need your prayers and your support to carry out the role that has been entrusted to Fiji.

As the year progresses, I intend to keep you fully informed of our progress. But let me give you two simple pieces of information that indicate the scale of the challenge we are facing.

At the Paris Conference on Climate Change at the end of 2015, the nations of the world agreed to reduce their carbon emissions to keep the temperature of the earth well below 2 degrees Celsius compared with that of the industrial age. This was hailed as a landmark achievement, an historic event. Yet even if all the commitments made in Paris are fully implemented, we are told that there is a 50 per cent chance of the global temperature being 2.8 degrees warmer than the industrial age. So we have a momentous challenge before us. And Fiji is pressing for a much more ambitious target if we are to have any hope of resolving this crisis – the 1.5 degree cap contained in the Suva Declaration of 2014.

Here’s another piece of sobering information: We still have a shortfall of as much as 80 per cent in the global financial arrangements that vulnerable countries such as Fiji will need to access to enable us to adapt to climate change. And to build our resilience to cyclones, droughts and rising sea levels. As things stand, the money we need just isn’t there. So we are going to make adaptation funding a core priority of our COP Presidency.

My fellow Fijians, this is a wonderful opportunity for Fiji. The rest of the world is looking to us for leadership and we intend to provide it. Not only at COP-23 and all the negotiations leading up to it but at the World Oceans Summit in June. And I draw great strength and great pride from the fact that I know the Fijian people share that commitment and will be supporting me all the way.

My fellow Fijians, 2017 is a year of immense challenge. But I am confident that the Fijian spirit – the Fijian character – is more than a match for that challenge. And, as a nation, we humbly ask for God’s Blessing as we embark on the great crusade that lies ahead.

My wife, Mary, joins me in wishing you every happiness in 2017. And May God Bless our beloved Fiji.

Vinaka vakalevu and Good Night.
 


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FICAC'S WANTED MAN IN SOLOMON ISLANDS: FNU's former Director Finance and HR, NARENDRA PRASAD, got out of Fiji saying he needed urgent medical treatment abroad, only to take up new job in Solomons!

30/12/2016

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PRASAD is currently in the Solomons and working with Solomon Islands National University (SINU) as the Director, Institutional Planning and Development; his wife is reportedly working as a bursar with SINU
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Vice Chancellor of Solomon Islands National University, Dr Glynn Galo, stepped down in November 2016 following Student protests against mismanagement.  The students’ spokesperson James Lalawa had said they wanted Dr Galo to step down, based on a number of issues and allegations, including those relating to Prasad (Fijileaks provided all the evidence to law and order authorities in the Solomon Islands); the students demanded:

* Immediate removal of director-planning (Narendra Prasad) from SINU and be deported to answer allegations against him relating to official corruption with the Fiji National University
* Vice-Chancellor (VC) and Human Resource Manager (HR) must clarify the recruitment of Narendra Prasad; otherwise they have breached SINU policies and labour laws;

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More from Andrew Singh to FICAC - re Narendra Prasad

Prasad’s holding of 2 positions at FNU on consultancy basis is clear conflict of interest and conducive to corrupt practices


As mentioned in the background Prasad is a NZ citizen and has been holding dual positions at FNU – Director Finance and Director HR. He is paid an expatriate salary and is classified as a “consultant”. This raises serious issues.

First, the holding of two roles is a clear conflict of interest. This is patently self-evident from his handling of my case. FICAC will notice that when he complained against me to Chand and sought my summary dismissal, Chand appointed the employment relations manager to investigate Prasad’s complaint. However, the employment relations manager (a Sahadeo Singh) is Prasad’s subordinate and clearly beholden to him. Despite being fully aware of this fact, both Chand and Prasad were content with Sahadeo (a former labour officer who was sacked by Ministry of Labour for unknown reasons) to investigate Prasad’s complaint. It was only when I challenged Sahadeo’s independence and impartiality that Chand removed him and replaced with his house trained poodle – Mikali, despite my objection.

Other staff in the finance section who have legitimate grievance against Prasad cannot complain against him given his dual role. Those who complain have their cases dealt with by Sahadeo who simply does not have the courage to uphold complaints against Prasad.

Second, Prasad does not have the required qualifications to properly and diligently discharge the accountabilities of both the roles. The Director of Finance position requires postgraduate qualifications in accounting, finance or business and holding full membership of a professional accounting body like the Fiji Institute of Accountants or the overseas CPA qualification. My inquiries reveal that Mr Prasad does not hold any such membership, and never held one throughout his entire career. Professional membership is not only a hallmark of professional competence, but a bulwark against corruption or unscrupulous conduct. This is pure common sense.

In order to disguise his incompetence, Prasad has created various managerial positions in both finance and HR departments and uses these managers to do his job and take credit for the tasks. This will be revealed during FICAC investigations. Again Anand plays a major role in this scam.

Thirdly, Prasad has been in his dual role for more than 3 years. This in itself raises serious questions. The Immigration Department’s rule is that an expatriate is only allowed a 3 year work permit by which time the expatriate must have trained a local to fill the role. Further, there must be exceptional circumstances for the renewal of the work permit for more than 3 years.

My inquiries reveal that there is no reason why locals cannot fill Prasad’s dual role. Obviously he does not have any exceptional skills, knowledge or expertise in both finance and human resources. Most of the time he spends in NZ on medical treatment and this raises serious questions why a sickly expatriate person (having four heart bypass at FNU’s expense) is on FNU’s payroll as a consultant. In addition, Prasad has recently been appointed Housing Authority’s (HA) chairman and it beggars belief how an incompetent person like him can hold three roles at the expense of the public purse. I assume this can only happen in Fiji.

I believe that the only reason Prasad still occupies his dual role is due to his close and personal association with Chand. Both have been university mates and worked together during the yesteryears. It is also public knowledge that Chand appointed Prasad as HA’s CEO when Chand was the Minister for Housing.

FICAC must liaise with the Immigration Department as part of its investigation to delve into this issue. It may well be that the Department has been duped into believing that Prasad is irreplaceable. I make this comment because in my case, Prasad advised the Department that I was the successful candidate for the MFP position when as already mentioned, I had not even formally applied for the role. On my work permit application Prasad mentioned that FNU interviewed 18 candidates for my role. This is false.

FICAC must also investigate various other overseas citizens working at FNU under work permits as I have reasons to believe that locals can fill the positions with proper training and development by FNU. The first priority for jobs at FNU must be for Fiji citizens. Again this is pure common sense.

It is my claim that all these matters demonstrate abuse of office and constitute a breach of s139 of the Crimes Decree. Again the conduct of Prasad and Chand are arbitrary acts that is prejudicial to the FNU and the local workforce. FNU is being financially disadvantaged by the conduct of an expatriate who is clearly promoting his self-interest. This must stop immediately. Prasad must be removed from his role as the HR Director. His dual role is a conducive to corrupt practices flourishing at the FNU in cohort with Chand.
This separate FICAC investigation (below) was conducted and completed in 2012

From: Fiji Leaks [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 7:55 PM
To: Director Human Resources
Subject: FICAC Investigation, Date: 28th June, 2012 to 8th August, 2012.


Bula Narendra

Would you like to comment on the following

Editor, Fijileaks:


FICAC INVESTIGATION REPORT 2012:

5.1.Director Human Resource and Finance.


Mr. Narendra Prasad, former Housing Authority CEO (Dr Ganesh’s acquaintance and appointee as CEO Housing Authority) a New Zealand citizen and close friend of Dr. Ganesh was appointed  as Director Finance and Human Resources of FNU. Mr. Narendra Prasad’s appointment needs investigation as there are a lot of able qualified people for the two positions he is holding. Issuance of work permit to Mr. Narendra Prasad has to be scrutinised to establish the merit. 

Remuneration

Mr. Narendra Prasad is on a salary of  F$150,000.00.  Was there a Higher Salaries Commission approval sought? No. F$150,000.00 would have to to be approved by HSC. The two positions are inter related and in this case it is conflicting for one individual to hold two positions. However, it has a micro chip attached for the two positions which simply means that it would make decision making easier on non ethical basis. It is evident that integrity and transparency ethics have been compromised. Other perks attached to these two positions will have to be tabulated to justify payment. It must also be determined as to whether he is medically fit for employment or other wise, establish any health related payments which is outside FNU HR Policy.

5.1.1Medical Evacuation

In accordance with the FNU HR policy, inpatient sick leave is only 30 days per calendar year.

 Quote Policy Number 19 Sec 4 (Sub Section 4.1) – Any employee requires to undergo treatment as an inpatient in hospital or required by a registered Medical Practitioner  appointed by the university to be confined at home on grounds of illness, is entitled to a period of up to 30 consecutive days of sick leave on full salary on any one year of service”Unquote.     

In March, 2011, Mr Narendra Prasad has been paid F$30,000.00 for medical treatment in New Zealand and received  salary for normal hours when in fact,  he should have been paid as an inpatient.

Mr. Prasad was again paid $30,000.00 for medical treatment in New Zealand in June, 2011 and this time his leave was treated as InPatient Sickleave. Further investigations would reveal whether or not a medical review board is in place to determine medical evacuation for employees of FNU.

There is no medical insurance cover in place for employees of FNU and in all such cases taxpayers fund is being abused to fund medical treatment of employees of FNU. Mr. Prasad, a New Zealand resident, had been referred to New Zealand hospital, however, all other employees, have been refereed to India for treatment.

Findings:

a) Mr. Narendra Prasad was not treated as an inpatient for the first payment of $30,000.00. He was paid normal hours salary.

b) Mr. Narendra Prasad was paid a second payment of F$30,000.00 within a span of three months for medical treatment in New Zealand.

c) As a Director for Finance and HR, he would have been the best person to understand the HR/Finance Policy.

d) Accordingly, he has abused his authority insofar as the double payment of $30,000.00 for medical treatment  is concerned. 

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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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UNFAZED: FAIZ Khan, another Aiyaz Khaiyum appointee to the various Boards, has reportedly applied for new pay rise despite being paid nearly $300,000; on Human Rights Commission with Lautoka High Court judge

29/12/2016

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COMING LATER: Who was the man in the dimly lit room whom Frank Bainimarama had introduced to his top military officers before the 2006 coup? Why was he hiding his face from the officers? And why IMMUNITY has been ring-fenced in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji to protect
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* The Lautoka based lawyer Faiz Khan is reportedly paid around $300,000 from the Board and Chairman positions (other than Fijian Holdings appointment) he holds, all appointed by Aiyaz Khaiyum; this apart from income derived from his law firm Faiz Khan Lawyers;

* He has reportedly applied in writing for further pay rise to the Minister of Economy this November/December 2016;

* He is being paid more than Bainimarama and Khaiyum. Does he do more work than the two? Of course not, so the question arises, why does Khaiyum keeping approving pay rises?;

* Why can't Bainimarama direct Khaiyum to appoint a CEO for both Tropik Wood Industries Fiji Ltd and AFL?;

* How can one person (Faiz Khan) devote time to 3 full time jobs - running a law firm, AFL and Tropik?;

* Did Faiz Khan abuse his powers being on FRCA Board?

* Take, for example, the Fiji High Court judgement involving FRCA and General Machinery (GM); in that case the Judge commented and said that Faiz Khan should not get involved being in Board position.

* Faiz Khan is also accused of revealing the whistleblower's name to another company director?

* He is also accused of other questionable deals involving his family and others whom Khaiyum appointed to other Boards and Institutions, which we are holding back

* Faiz Khan is also on the Board of Human Rights Commission whose
Chairman (Amjeer Mohammed) is a Judge based in Lautoka High Court and hears cases from Faiz Khan Lawyers, both appointments done by  Khaiyum. This is a clear case of conflict of interest!

Judgment against Faiz Khan as FRCA Board Member: "It appears that Mr Khan, being himself a lawyer and a member on the board of FIRCA and FKTL [Feroz Khan Transport Limited], should have advised himself not to be involved even at that level that he did in the proceedings of this case. Mr Khan's involvement in the case, even at that level, was improper; and, such conduct was capable of giving a perception that he was involved in the proceedings of the case."

Read para., 3, 5, and 7
Admission by FRCA of Board involvement; there was a strong finding by the High Court judge against Faiz Khan:

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BAINIMARAMA'S right call on Climate Change but FIJI and other Pacific Islands will be at mercy of deluded President-elect Donald Trump who thinks that global warming was ‘invented by the Chinese Government’

29/12/2016

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“The story of Kumi, and that of many of our villages and settlements, is one that I tell often on the international stage when alerting nations to the peril we face in the Pacific." - Frank Bainimarama, December 2016

Fijileaks Founding Editor-in-Chief VICTOR LAL: "As a life-long climate change campaigner and paid member of the British GREEN PARTY, I say with the party leader [Caroline Lucas] that Donald Trump is a danger to all of us, but most acutely to the poorest and most climate-vulnerable people on earth. We must organise and fight Donald Trump - the
Climate Change Denier"

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Fiji Government media release on new seawall at Kumi village to help protect against surging tides: Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama today[28 December 2016] commissioned a seawall and concrete walkway for the village of Kumi in Verata, Tailevu. The $378,000 project which is funded by government through the National Disaster Management Office protects the villagers of Kumi from surging tides as a result of climate change. The head of government said that Kumi is one of many villages across our islands that is threatened by rising seas. “The story of Kumi, and that of many of our villages and settlements, is one that I tell often on the international stage when alerting nations to the peril we face in the Pacific. “Because when I go to the world, I take the struggles faced by ordinary Fijians with me.” PM Bainimarama added that government has a responsibility to protect the future of the Fijian people, and Fiji will never stop fighting to spare this world from the ravages of climate change. The seawall project is located along the coast of Verata, Tailevu.

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CLIMATE OF SECRECY: The seawall has been constructed by VITI VANUA HOLDINGS LTD of Labasa but its managing director Mohammed Yasin nor the FNFP are telling Fijileaks whether the company has now paid up its employees FNPF contributions for the years 2008 to 2010?

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West Papuan activist to Bainimarama: 'Stop kowtowing to Indonesians  and support us, the West Papuans; WE are Melanesians in South Pacific'

28/12/2016

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'You say you are Christians but you are demons taking blood money from Indonesia at the expense of West Papuan people - the Melanesians'

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Indonesia donates $10.38million to PM’s Relief Fund
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https://www.freewestpapua.org/

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https://www.freewestpapua.org/info/benny-wendas-story/

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Benny giving a talk to students in Oxford, 2009
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FIJI INTERNATIONAL golf saga: Now, it has emerged that Mick Beddoes is yet to hear from FI manager about 'how much of the $22.6million given so far has been used per year for 2014, 2015, 2016'; swinging in the air!

28/12/2016

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Fijileaks: Copies of Beddoes exchange with Natadola Golf on the tournaments, with a list of questions he sent their event management company some 76 days ago, remains unanswered. Other then the brief responses, saying they will get back, there has not been any communication back, nor has there been any attempt to at least 'try' and answer some of Beddoes questions
"I am a Fiji Taxpayer and your organization has been spending millions of our tax dollars and I am entitled to be given answers to my questions.
I am still waiting?"
- Mick Beddoes

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14 December 2016
3rd Follow Up to Harmony Thomas

Bula Harmony,

Its now been 62 days since I sent that letter to Mr Basil Scaffidi [twice] and followed up with you twice as well. I understand that Mr Scaffidi is the Event Manager and your email address suggests you are the Fiji International Manager.

So if he is avoiding my questions can you please answer them:

* How much of the $22.6 million given so far has been used per year for 2014 - 2015 - 2016:-
1: Prize Money
2: Accommodation
3: Airfares
4. Appearance Fees who gets it and how much
5. Meals & Entertainment
6. Marketing & Promotion
7. Spectator Attendance per year
8. What is the cost per Sponsor [state if cash or kind] for Premium Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze?
9. What is the stated return for each category of Sponsor from the Organizers?
10. What contribution in cash or kind does the PGA Tour Australasia and Europe Tour give the event?
11. What is your company's costs for Managing the event?
12. What are the costs of Vijay Singh and other golfers assisting in the event?
13. Who owns the event?

The non-response from my legitimate questions for 62 days despite repeated follow ups is not how I expect professionals operate and this starts to raise many more questions in my mind about the integrity, ethics and practices of an event that exists because of Fiji taxpayer funds.

I would like a detailed response from you or your event Manager within 7 days from today.

Feel free to pass this on to all your sponsors and financial backers to see if anyone of them is willing to provide the answers you and Mr Scaffidi have not.

Thank you
Mick Beddoes

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HELL is empty and all the DEVILS are now in FIJI, to paraphrase William Shakespeare, as TWO Corrections Service wardens have been sent home for the alleged rape of a female inmate. When will they front court?

27/12/2016

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It is understood that CCTV footage showed an officer walking out from the inmate's cell while trying to zip up his pants. Meanwhile, Aiyaz Khaiyum has 'zipped up' his tongue and is not responding to questions about Police Commissioner Qiliho who beat a youth BLACK and BLUE!!!

TWO corrections service wardens have been sent home for the alleged rape of a female inmate. Their work contracts were terminated after an internal investigation found them breaching their code of conduct.

It is alleged that the two raped the inmate while she was in custody at the centre last month. The officers of the Corrections Department based at the Vaturekuka Centre in Labasa were sent home on December 17.

Corrections deputy commissioner Joe Kulinidilo confirmed the allegation and disciplinary action was taken following results of the investigation.

"The investigations into this incident have been completed," he said.

"The relevant disciplinary action has been taken against two corrections personnel whose services were terminated on December 17, 2016.

"The matter is now being investigated by the police and they will pursue appropriate action as per the findings of their investigations."

Police earlier confirmed receiving a report of the allegation at the Labasa Police Station.

Although police spokesperson Ana Naisoro has yet to respond to questions for an update on the investigation, she said the alleged rape happened last month.

It is understood that CCTV footage showed an officer walking out from the inmate's cell while trying to zip up his pants. Source: Fiji Times, 28 December 2016

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"BUTURAKI" INSIDE THE NIGHTCLUB: FijiFirst Party Government MP Balminder Singh arrested and charged with one count of assault in club; But Police chief Qiliho remains at large for violently beating up youth

26/12/2016

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Fijileaks: We have decided to withhold the mobile phone footage of the actual beating, for let us see if like FFP Minister Bala, this "Shaking Turbanator" MP will BEAT JUSTICE in Aiyaz Khaiyum's CORRUPT Fiji?

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TURBANATING FULL SWING
IN PURPLE HAZE NIGHTCLUB
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ALL HAZED (FAZED) OUT IN PARLIAMENT
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FIJIFirst Member of Parliament Balmindar Singh has been charged by Police for one count of assault.

Confirming this, Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro said Singh was arrested last Friday night for allegedly assaulting a 30-year-old man of Nadera inside a nightclub in Suva.

Ms Naisoro said Singh was charged and bailed after he had sought medical examination.

She said the MP would be summoned to appear in court at a later date. Source: Fiji Times, 26 December 2016

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NATADOLA or "CAGIDOLA": As Fiji announces together with the PGA Australia prime date for Fiji International (17-20 August 2017) leaked e-mail in October give brutal review of the 2016 Natadola golf tournament

25/12/2016

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"Was it really worth the many millions dollars budgeted for this tournament?: The money that has been spent when so many Fijian people are still homeless after Hurricane Winston...The gatekeepers advised around forty-nine people in total actually paid entrance the last three days" - Email, 10 October 2016

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The 2016 winner Brandt Snedeker
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WINSTON: Fijians still living in submerged tents

Fijileaks: We have redacted the original e-mail including the name of the sender to other golfers
* The population of Fiji is 900,000 and there are but 1500 members of golf clubs. It was, and always will be, an elitist sport as it is in almost every country in the world;
* Two very charming Fijian ladies on the gate gave me a summary on the paying attendance. We did not attend the first day Thursday. On Friday eight persons paid an entrance fee, Saturday fourteen persons paid to enter, Sunday twenty-seven persons paid to enter. Children were free to enter, as were the many volunteers. Sponsors from Fiji business communities had passes to give away to clients. A coach was available to Denarau residents and hotel visitors to come watch the golf. Two persons got off the bus from Denarau to Natadola on Sunday!;
* The gatekeepers advised around forty-nine people in total actually paid entrance the last three days:
* I was disappointed at the prize-giving to see the head of the Australian PGA accept a tabua and yaqona with his golf cap on. Fiji protocol is important to the Fijian people including you my readers;
* The promoters say 400 million around the world watched the golf event. One of my readers stated “Another Fiji exaggeration“ but this figure was from the promoters, not from the Fijian people. Holidaymakers staying at Denarau came across to the golf club in the afternoon Sunday to watch the event on television, Sorry they were told the golf club TV is not showing the golf event. They only have Sky so they were not part of the 400 million;
* Brandt Snedeker won and collected a nice amount of prize-money to go with his attendance fee, hotel and holiday expenses for himself and his family. Congratulations Brandt, you were the event superstar in the field as was Matt Kuchar last year. But for a very few relatively known golfers it always looked like your tournament;
* Over the past weekend it was announced that Fiji’s Vijay Singh was going to make major adjustments to the Natadola course: wow! How much more FNPF and Tourism Fiji will he be paid to do this and what guarantee can Vijay give you that more tourists will come?

NATADOLA GOLF UPDATE
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Was it really worth the many millions dollars budgeted for this tournament???

From: [email protected]>
Date: 10 October 2016 at 16:02
Subject: NATADOLA GOLF UPDATE


HELLO AGAIN FROM DENARAU TO THE 232 DEDICATED GOLFERS ON MY DATABASE WITH A LOVE OF GOLF IN FIJI.

You have all lived and worked in Fiji, many of you are currently members at Fiji Golf Clubs.

Today is FIJI DAY celebrating forty-six years since Fiji became independent and forty-six years ago since the first golfing tourists came to Fiji.

THE DATABASE HAS GROWN SINCE WE ARRIVED LAST WEEK TO DENARAU.

I MET UP WITH SOME MORE FIJI GOLFING FRIENDS FROM DAYS GONE BY AND WHO ARE HERE WITH A LARGE GROUP OF GOLFERS TO PLAY AN EVENT AT DENARAU WITH RICHARD ELLIS.

Overnight a storm has arrived so let’s hope Richards’s golfers get a game today. As I write to you from here at the Sheraton Denarau we are experiencing hurricane winds and rain.

BACK TO NATADOLA = On the three days we attended the tournament two very charming Fijian ladies on the gate gave me a summary on the paying attendance.

We did not attend the first day Thursday. On Friday eight persons paid an entrance fee, Saturday fourteen persons paid to enter, Sunday twenty-seven persons paid to enter.

Children were free to enter, as were the many volunteers.

Sponsors from Fiji business communities had passes to give away to clients. A coach was available to Denarau residents and hotel visitors to come watch the golf.

Two persons got off the bus from Denarau to Natadola on Sunday.!

Thanks for the many responses to my initial email to you.

Expense to see the golf tournament even tho it was just $10, the money that has been spent when so many Fijian people are still homeless after Hurricane Winston, reference to the FNPF investment participation in not so enthusiastic ways, too far to come down from Suva for the day, rather watch on TV, uncomfortable course to follow players, too hilly and long walks tee to green. These were some of the responses.

The population of Fiji is 900,000 and there are but 1500 members of golf clubs. It was, and always will be, an elitist sport as it is in almost every country in the world.

The promoters at Natadola have sold the idea of Fiji attracting masses of golf holiday tourists from around the world. Fiji Tourism should now take a serious look at this expenditure.

The first golfing tourists arrived in Fiji to play in the inaugural Fiji Open in 1970 sponsored by Air New Zealand.

The promoters were from  New Zealand, myself included. We then trained the FGA and the FPGA over a short period of time to manage and market the event overseas to professional golfers.

The Open winner becomes the champion of Fiji with so many benefits world wide with the title OPEN CHAMPION of the country. The Open was not a commercial enterprise as this Natadola event is. The Fiji Open had no financial support from such as the FNPF or Tourism Fiji. We did however have great support from local industry and from the Fiji Visitors Bureau and Air New Zealand.

At that time the only eighteen hole course was the home of golf in Fiji the Vatuwaqa course in Suva. Local citizens were not permitted to play or join the Fiji Golf Club not so long ago. The first invited local person to join the FGC was Ratu Mara around 1960. There were some very keen and good golfers amongst the locals. Most of them started hitting balls with guava sticks. The caddies at Vatuwaqa would do so early morning and when everyone had gone home after golf.

Scratch golfers Rhamat Ali and Ranga Reddy ( Indian descent ) come to mind, they could not be members at the FGC for many years. They were allowed to play and join the Nausori golf club, built and maintained by the CSR and now in ruins. When I played in the East team in 1961 every member was from overseas, no locals in the team.

Now there are three resort courses, Pacific Harbour, Denarau and Natadola. Robert Trent Jones Pacific Harbour ( opened 1975 ) and Denarau  ( opened 1993 ) both more conveniently located then Natadola and continuing to struggle attracting golfing tourists.

Denarau is far and above the main golf course for touring golfers, they stay there and they play there. The facilities are, and always will be, the most varied and convenient.

Natadola is a course golfers may drive down and play from Denarau one day during their visit.  This will cost them quite an amount for the day.

There is a holiday event at Denarau right now where the golfers will visit Natadola for one game during their weeks stay in Fiji, 140 of them.

It has been estimated that 90% and more visiting golfers to Fiji are from New Zealand who do not have a winter escape location in their own country. Australian golfing tourists have tropical Queensland to attract them. Queensland offers hundreds of top golf courses, great weather and attractive golf fees, less than $100 for two persons on a cart at many courses. Japan and China are major tourism targets for Fiji. These people never travel in golf groups, their culture is different from most of us. They will come to Fiji and maybe take a day in their busy three or four day package for a game of golf, rent clubs and other gear, they will not come to Fiji solely attracted by golf.

It will be a major photographic coup for them to just have a game and show their friends against what it would cost to play in their home countries. Americans have Hawaii with amazing courses, probably the best golf holiday destination in the world. International golfers from far away are attracted to New Zealand where there are many amazing world rated courses now.

Fiji Tourism and the FNPF are putting millions of dollars attracting professional golfers to play in this Natadola tournament.

Of course the professionals follow the money and why not, but that’s not what Fiji wants. They want paying holiday golfers. No professional golf events in Australia and New Zealand offer the kind of money Fiji is offering them. Golf is struggling to attract interest around the world since the Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods phenomenon. In New Zealand and Australia courses are closing down due to lack of interest and expense.

How can an isolated location course like Natadola expect to attract the paying numbers they need to maintain such a course. Over the past weekend it was announced that Fiji’s Vijay Singh was going to make major adjustments to the Natadola course: wow! How much more FNPF and Tourism Fiji will he be paid to do this and what guarantee can Vijay give you that more tourists will come.

The developers at Natadola could have given more thought to the location to the Intercontinental hotel. You have to drive quite some way to get to the course from the hotel.

At Denarau the many thousands of holidaymakers staying in the resort can wander over to the golf club in a few minutes. If they do not golf they can sure enjoy the bar and restaurant facilities.

Back to the Golf International

There were masses of children on the last two days bussed in by the promoters from villages to see the two fellows from the Olympic games Sevens team – all children had free entry. The promoters announced a major Fijian children’s exercise showing them how to play golf. Fijian children grow up with rugby and team sports their main love and it will always be. It is no different in New Zealand and Australia. This is wasted money. The Natadola landowners from the village of Sanasana had a large attendance of their people most days bussed in from around 8 k’s away.

I was disappointed at the prize-giving to see the head of the Australian PGA accept a Tabua and yaqona with his golf cap on. Fiji protocol is important to the Fijian people including you my readers. The choir from Sanasana sang a lovely rendition of Isa lei in both in Fijian and English. Brandt Snedeker won and collected a nice amount of prize-money to go with his attendance fee, hotel and holiday expenses for himself and his family.

Congratulations Brandt, you were the event superstar in the field as was Matt Kuchar last year. But for a very few relatively known golfers it always looked like your tournament.

The course is difficult but you handled it. The media stated  “the ubiquitous wind blew every afternoon". I call it a “howling gale” it was the same last year along with torrential rain !!  .. Locals might well nickname the course “Cagidola “

The promoters say 400 million around the world watched the golf event. One of my readers stated “Another Fiji exaggeration“ but this figure was from the promoters, not from the Fijian people. Holidaymakers staying at Denarau came across to the golf club in the afternoon Sunday to watch the event on television, Sorry they were told the golf club TV is not showing the golf event. They only have Sky so they were not part of the 400 million.

Three hugely expensive golf promotions by professional promoters at great cost to the Fijian people. Maybe tourism Fiji will give an account to parliament as to the breakdown of expense.

One huge expense was the advertising billboards and golf magazine full-page advertisements all around Fiji and in New Zealand and Australia promoting the tournament.

The gatekeepers advised around forty-nine people in total actually paid entrance the last three days!! The Fiji flag has been flying at all major televised golf events in America for many years. The US Open, the PGA, The Masters and so many more tournaments where Vijay Singh has been playing and still is. Millions of golfers around the world watch these events.

Fiji tourism should consider a TV advertising slot at these events showcasing the Pacific Harbour Pearl course, Denarau and Natadola, all very attractive to view courses. I suggest that tourism Fiji has accountability from the promoters if they are to continue.

This particular tournament conflicted with another event on the Asian tour which was a mistake. The Australian promoters should have a contract that guarantees they attract a certain number of golf visitors to Fiji. They after all are being paid a substantial fee for a promotion with no guarantees to their Fiji sponsors.

Inbound tourist operators to Fiji along with the dedicated golf holiday companies from the Pacific and overseas should be invited to a seminar in Fiji such as IGATO the International Association of Golf Tour
Operators. They meet around the world each year and develop golf tourism. This could only be a good promotion for Fiji.

Happy golfing from Denarau where the rain and wind thunders down, you can’t walk out in it – too dangerous right now.

- Vidhya Lakhan
President
Pacific Games Council
c/-Fiji Olympic House 17 Bau Street
GPO Box 320 Suva, Fiji Islands
Mobile (679) 999 8439
Fax (679) 330 1647


www.pacificgamescouncil.com
email: [email protected]

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"We hope that the allure of Fiji in August along with a prime position in the world, golf schedule will again ensure a quality field of Professionals competing in the fourth edition of the Fiji International."

"We also look forward to welcoming holiday makers to experience the Fiji International, which is Fiji's biggest and most prestigious sporting event. Fiji international has over the past three tournaments attracted a large number of visitors to our shores, who are interested in golf. In fact our visitor numbers during the tournament month (October 2016) saw an increase in arrivals by 6.5% (or 73,595), proving that Fiji has grown as a golfing destination since the inaugural Fiji International," added the Hon. Minister.

The move to August will see the Fiji International, which is co-sanctioned by the European Tour and ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia, played in a less congested part of the global golf schedule which will help the event secure another strong field.

"Now that the Fiji International is on the European Tour schedule we took a more global approach to scheduling," said Peter O'Malley, Chairman of the PGA of Australia.

"We believe the August date will better enable some of the leading European Tour players to include the Fiji International on their playing schedules."

"The three stagings of the Fiji International have produced excellent champions in Steven Jeffress (2014), World Number 20 Matt Kuchar (2015) and World Number 27 Brandt Snedeker (2016) and we are looking forward to seeing who will emerge the champion in August 2017."

The 2017 Fiji International will also be the first time Vijay Singh's redeveloped holes 1-6, 8, 9 and 11 -16 at Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course will be played by the Professionals.

"The date of the Fiji International will coincide with the reopening of Natadola Bay Golf Course following the changes currently being made under the design of Fijian Golf legend, Vijay Singh," said Basil Scaffidi, Managing Director of SEL, the promoter of the Fiji International. 

For more information please visit fijiinternational.com

About the Fiji International
To be held from 17-20 August the Fiji International will be played at Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course which boasts breathtaking views of the Coral Coast and is home to the Natadola Beach Land Estate. 

Enticed by the tropical destination, the Fiji International has attracted some of the world's best golfers since its inaugural staging in 2014 including Fijian hero and three time Major champion Vijay Singh, 2016 champion Brandt Snedeker, 2015 champion Matt Kuchar, Steven Bowditch, Boo Weekley, Nick Price, Robert Allenby, Heath Slocum, Liang Wenchong, and Anirban Lahiri.

In 2017, the Fiji International continues to have a global presence confirming its position as an integral tournament in the South Pacific region, with the tournament being co-sanctioned by the European Tour and ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia.

A Pacific paradise, the Fiji International also boasts some of the most unique hospitality options in world golf with the par-3 4th hole providing the perfect vantage point to watch the golf, whilst socialising on the beach.

More than just a golf tournament, the Fiji International aims to leave a lasting legacy for golf in the Pacific region, with the PGA of Australia supporting initiatives to introduce and grow the game in Fiji.

The Fiji International is proudly supported by the Fijian Government, Tourism Fiji and the InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa as the official resort of the tournament until 2017.

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RESIGN! Fijileaks calls on Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho to resign for beating a Nadi youth black and blue. Bainimarama and Khaiyum are protecting this violent serial torturer from prosecution - beating justice?

23/12/2016

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Qiliho warned the victim's parents not to go to POLICE or PUBLIC and given his past violent history, who can blame them; some years ago he beat his wife up so badly she couldn't walk and took several months off work. In the past he has also threatened Victor Lal over Fijileaks articles, especially this one from 10 November 2015:

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We also say to another Sitiveni - RABUKA: He should resign as SODELPA leader and let someone untainted with coups, 'kama sutra' , and human rights violations take on the FijiFirst Party at the
next election!

"This Christmas, let us renew the spirit of hope, courage and compassion that brought us to where we stand today. Let us care for those who are less fortunate, let us protect those who are vulnerable, let us love and understand each other, and let us always uphold the high moral character that defines us as a people."
Frank Bainimarama's 2016 Christmas Message

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Fijileaks to Police Commissioner
Sitiveni Qiliho:
RESIGN!
We will be bringing soon medical documentary evidence of how this violent thug beat a Nadi youth BLACK and BLUE. The victim ended up in hospital, and yet Frank Bainimarama and Aiyaz Khaiyum are PROTECTING THIS SERIAL TORTURER:

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BEATING JUSTICE? The eight police officers and one RFMF Sergeant Pita Matairavula, former bodyguard for Bainimarama, who were sent to jail for killing Viliame Soko, have been moved to the pre-release center in Nasinu. Are these convicted policemen and a soldier, whose appeal against convictions and prison sentences were filed only a week ago, are to be released soon? We may recall that Qiliho had turned up in court during the trial, to initimdate the presiding Sri Lankan judge. Now, we call upon Frank Bainimarama and Aiyaz Khaiyum to order Qiliho's own arrest for the beating of the Nadi youth!

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: When Frank Bainimarama opened the new Navua Hospital he said Chinese $11million to build the hospital was another "milestone" in Fiji-China bond. But did Chinese "chop suey" patients?

Fijileaks: The same Chinese contractor built Albert Park stadium and the new Ba Hospital; It is time to prosecute Health Minister Rosy Akbar and her predecessor Jone Usamate under Aiyaz Khaiuym's Section 65 of the Health and Safety Act of 1996; Both Akbar and Usamate have presided over non compliance of Occupational Health and Safety laws

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The new Navua Hospital's kitchen and other areas are not compliant with Occupational Health and Safety standards. Both Bainimarama and Health Minister Rosy Akbar confirmed that:
* The new Navua Hospital's kitchen and other areas are not compliant with Occupational Health and Safety standards;
* Food was being cooked at the old Navua Hospital and then transferred to the new hospital; 
* Ventilation is a special concern and arrangements for industrial fans to be placed in waiting areas, which people are complaining about;
* Also the drainage system of the hospital; 
* Long waiting hours, lack of cleanliness in hospital facilities, non-availability of proper medications and disrespectful behaviour from medical personnel were some of the major issues members of the public visiting the new Navua Hospital face daily;
* There was a need for routine cleaners in the hospital's washrooms to ensure cleanliness was maintained throughout the day;
* The toilets are always blocked and even parts of the hospital corridor and rooms are leaking: http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=383075

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From Fijileaks Archives:

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Fijians told to dance to Chinese tune

Fijileaks, March 30, 2013:
JACK & THE BEANSTALK TUSSLE: The new Raiwai housing that Public Rental Board and China Railway are tussling about is still in "Stop Work" mode. Buildings are up, two huge cranes there but nothing is moving. Fijileaks has been told the bone of contention is the specifications of the houses - built for small (Chinese like) people and NOT big prospective Fijian tenants. What next?

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"Rape, brutality and intimidation have followed the so-called "friendly coup" of Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka...Indian [Indo-Fijian] women have been gang-raped by Fijian soldiers, picknicking children beaten and made to eat cow dung for ignoring Sunday restrictions and villagers forced to bathe in raw sewage..." Amnesty International, 1987; This MAN is still hiding behind IMMUNITY, and now vying for Political Power in the next election. What is the difference between 1987 and 2006 coups?
A COUP IS A COUP!
Those clamouring to go into coalition with Rabuka might as well go and lie in the "political bed" with Frank Bainimarama - just like the FLP leader Mahendra Chaudhry did when he ran and became Bainimarama's
Interim Finance Minister after the 2006 coup. He defended his decision to the then US ambassador to Fiji, Larry Dinger as follows:
"This [2006] coup is different because the Qarase Government was so awful...Fiji could not have survived another five years."

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"Mahendra Chaudhry, former PM deposed by the 2000 coup and still head of the FLP, phoned today to let the Ambassador know he intends to accept Bainimarama's offer of the Finance, Public Enterprises, and Sugar Reform portfolios. He put it in terms of having to move Fiji forward and get back to democracy ASAP. When the Ambassador noted how disastrous the past coups had been for Fiji and for Chaudhry personally on two occasions, Chaudhry suggested this coup is different because the Qarase Government was so awful...Fiji could not have survived another five years...Interim Finance Minister Chaudhry is showing his vindictive side. Under the interim government, Chaudhry crony Vayeshnoi is Sports Minister and Chaudhry son Rajendra is on the FSC board."
The former US Ambassador to Fiji, Larry Dinger to Washington

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