"I spoke to Assistant Commissioner Nasir Ali this evening and he had agreed to put in place the process identified in paragraph 4 above - DPP/Police need to re-charge the two accused [Rasiga and Ali] almost immediately...High Court Judge Justice Byrne allowed the withdrawal of charges which means the two accused can be re-charged" -
Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum
HON. A. SAYED-KHAIYUM.- Madam Speaker, as I was saying, the Deputy Commissioner reports to His Excellency the President. No where does FICAC report to the Attorney-General as they are alluding to, and if I can also refer them to the Constitution..." 13 May 2015
"The A-G also informed the quorum that according to the Prime Minister [Bainimarama], Investigators [from FICAC] are like kids in a goodies shop, trying to lay their hands on every thing they see during searches. Additionally he [Khaiyum] stated that we should concentrate on bigger cases [like Fijian Holdings, Sports Council, Post Fiji and FDB] and not cases that involve $2,000, because it won't have a great impact."
"The Joe Rasiga case involved "judge shopping" and likely involvement of A-G that he had spent a night at the Fantasy as Abbas Ali's guest - Land Force Commander Colonel Pita Driti, 3 January 2008
