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From Fijileaks Archives, 2014
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LANGMAN SPEAKS OF HEALTHGATE BUT WHAT ABOUT THE NATUVA FILE THAT FICAC HAD ALREADY COMPLETED IN 2011?
The courtroom testimony of former Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) Deputy Commissioner George Langman in the Health Tender trial has reopened a long-running debate about political interference in corruption investigations.
Langman has now told the court that he did not proceed with the Healthgate investigation after the then Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum told him to “hold off”. He said he respected the instruction even though, as he conceded in court, the Attorney-General had no legal authority to halt a FICAC investigation.
But Langman’s explanation raises another question, one that has lingered for more than a decade.
What happened to the completed FICAC investigation into former Minister Timoci Natuva?
Because unlike Healthgate, where Langman claims the investigation stalled, the documentary record published earlier by Fijileaks suggests that the investigation into payments involving T.F. Jan Bulldozing Company Ltd had already been completed.
The Natuva Investigation
The road-contracts scandal revolved around millions of dollars in payments made to contractor T. F. Jan Bulldozing Company Ltd for works associated with Fiji’s road infrastructure projects.
The case later resulted in criminal prosecutions against several officials linked to the Department of National Roads and related administrative units responsible for approving contractor payments.
However, documents published by Fijileaks at the time indicated that the investigation went much further.
Those leaked FICAC files suggested that investigators had examined the role of Timoci Natuva, who at the time held ministerial responsibility connected to the roads portfolio.
Crucially, the material indicated that FICAC had completed its investigation file.
That fact alone makes the subsequent silence deeply troubling.
A Completed File That Went Nowhere
If the investigation was complete, the normal procedure inside FICAC would have been straightforward.
Investigators would compile their findings and submit the file for prosecutorial review, leading either to charges or a formal decision not to prosecute.
Yet the public record shows no prosecution of Natuva.
Instead, the criminal proceedings that eventually reached court focused on officials and contractors while the political figure whose name surfaced in the investigative material remained untouched.
That discrepancy was one of the central questions raised in the Fijileaks postings at the time: why were subordinate officials charged while the minister named in the investigative file was not?
Two Files, Same Era
The comparison with the Healthgate investigation is unavoidable.
Both files emerged during the same political period.
Both concerned alleged corruption involving government procurement or infrastructure spending.
Both were first exposed publicly through Fijileaks documents.
And in both cases, serious questions arose about whether the investigative process stopped when it reached politically sensitive territory.
Langman has now explained why Healthgate stalled: he says he was told by the then Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to wait.
But that explanation only deepens the mystery surrounding the Natuva file.
Because if the investigation into Natuva had already been completed, it could not simply have been “held off”. The investigative work had already been done.
The Question for Langman
Langman’s testimony has opened the door to a broader examination of how corruption investigations functioned during the Bainimarama-Khaiyum era.
His admission that FICAC’s independence existed “on paper” but was difficult to exercise in practice may explain why some investigations stalled.
Yet it also raises a direct question that cannot be ignored.
If FICAC completed the Natuva investigation, why did it never lead to charges?
Was the file reviewed and closed?
Was it referred to prosecutors?
Or did it simply disappear within the system?
The Unfinished Record
The Health Tender trial is now shedding light on one of the most controversial corruption investigations of the past decade.
But it may also reopen scrutiny of another case that has long remained unresolved.
Because if Langman is now prepared to explain why Healthgate stalled, the public may reasonably ask him to address another file that once sat on FICAC’s desks.
A file that, according to the documents already published, had already been completed: the Natuva File.
The courtroom testimony of former Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) Deputy Commissioner George Langman in the Health Tender trial has reopened a long-running debate about political interference in corruption investigations.
Langman has now told the court that he did not proceed with the Healthgate investigation after the then Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum told him to “hold off”. He said he respected the instruction even though, as he conceded in court, the Attorney-General had no legal authority to halt a FICAC investigation.
But Langman’s explanation raises another question, one that has lingered for more than a decade.
What happened to the completed FICAC investigation into former Minister Timoci Natuva?
Because unlike Healthgate, where Langman claims the investigation stalled, the documentary record published earlier by Fijileaks suggests that the investigation into payments involving T.F. Jan Bulldozing Company Ltd had already been completed.
The Natuva Investigation
The road-contracts scandal revolved around millions of dollars in payments made to contractor T. F. Jan Bulldozing Company Ltd for works associated with Fiji’s road infrastructure projects.
The case later resulted in criminal prosecutions against several officials linked to the Department of National Roads and related administrative units responsible for approving contractor payments.
However, documents published by Fijileaks at the time indicated that the investigation went much further.
Those leaked FICAC files suggested that investigators had examined the role of Timoci Natuva, who at the time held ministerial responsibility connected to the roads portfolio.
Crucially, the material indicated that FICAC had completed its investigation file.
That fact alone makes the subsequent silence deeply troubling.
A Completed File That Went Nowhere
If the investigation was complete, the normal procedure inside FICAC would have been straightforward.
Investigators would compile their findings and submit the file for prosecutorial review, leading either to charges or a formal decision not to prosecute.
Yet the public record shows no prosecution of Natuva.
Instead, the criminal proceedings that eventually reached court focused on officials and contractors while the political figure whose name surfaced in the investigative material remained untouched.
That discrepancy was one of the central questions raised in the Fijileaks postings at the time: why were subordinate officials charged while the minister named in the investigative file was not?
Two Files, Same Era
The comparison with the Healthgate investigation is unavoidable.
Both files emerged during the same political period.
Both concerned alleged corruption involving government procurement or infrastructure spending.
Both were first exposed publicly through Fijileaks documents.
And in both cases, serious questions arose about whether the investigative process stopped when it reached politically sensitive territory.
Langman has now explained why Healthgate stalled: he says he was told by the then Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to wait.
But that explanation only deepens the mystery surrounding the Natuva file.
Because if the investigation into Natuva had already been completed, it could not simply have been “held off”. The investigative work had already been done.
The Question for Langman
Langman’s testimony has opened the door to a broader examination of how corruption investigations functioned during the Bainimarama-Khaiyum era.
His admission that FICAC’s independence existed “on paper” but was difficult to exercise in practice may explain why some investigations stalled.
Yet it also raises a direct question that cannot be ignored.
If FICAC completed the Natuva investigation, why did it never lead to charges?
Was the file reviewed and closed?
Was it referred to prosecutors?
Or did it simply disappear within the system?
The Unfinished Record
The Health Tender trial is now shedding light on one of the most controversial corruption investigations of the past decade.
But it may also reopen scrutiny of another case that has long remained unresolved.
Because if Langman is now prepared to explain why Healthgate stalled, the public may reasonably ask him to address another file that once sat on FICAC’s desks.
A file that, according to the documents already published, had already been completed: the Natuva File.
WESTERN BUILDERS: Shortly before the 2014 general elections, on 20 June 2014, Faiz Javed Jan donated $10,000 and on the same day his two uncles, Taj Jan and Mobin Jan, donated $5,000 each respectively. Their full names were not recorded in the donor list: Taj Jan Mohammed and Mobin Jan Mohammed. The $20,000 was accepted by FFP Treasurer and current acting Fiji Pine Ltd CEO VIMLESH KUMAR. FAIZ JAVED JAN is the son of Feroz Jan Mohammed, and nephew of the two Jan FFP donor brothers. Feroz Jan Mohammed, of TF Jan Bulldozing, is currently serving a 8 year jail term for a scam involving $3.1million. He was jailed in 2015 with a non-parole period of 5 years. Despite pleading poverty before the Fiji High Court (which the Judge refused to believe) his son Faiz, two years later, on 9 May 2017, donated another $10,000 (RN: 1720).
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