ONE ACQUITTED and another still NOT before the Court. Suspended SODELPA MP Ratu Isoa Tikoca acquitted over election declaration while Minister for Election and FFP general secretary Khaiyum still at LARGE!

16/6/2017

Lautoka based Lawyer Kitione Vuetaki with Ratu Isoa Tikoca outside court after he was acquitted at the Suva Magistrate court.

SUSPENDED Opposition Parliamentarian, Ratu Isoa Tikoca is now a free man after he was acquitted of charges of failing to declare his declare his liabilities before the 2014 General Election by the Suva Magistrates Court

Ratu Isoa appeared before Magistrate Waleen George.

He was alleged to have incurred more than $94,000 to the Fijian Government while serving as Fiji�s High Commission to PNG.

In her judgment, Magistrate George said the Prosecution has failed to prove their case and therefore Ratu Isoa was acquitted of the charge accordingly.

In an interview outside the courtroom, a relieved Ratu Isoa said the truth would always set one free and that was the case for him. Source: Fiji Times

From Fijileaks Archive:

One of the signatories in the above document is FAIYAZ KOYA. Now Nasir Ali, the former Assistant Commissioner of Police, is making serious allegations on social media:

JUST TO KEEP MY FRIENDS AND MEMBERS INFORMED OF THE CORRUPT ACTIVITIES OF ABBAS ALI OF FANTASY ISLAND I WILL TAKE YOU ALL ON A FACTUAL JOURNEY ON HOW HE FRAUDULENTLY INHERITED THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS FANTASY ISLAND.

ALL ISSUES SURROUNDING THIS FRAUDSTER WILL BE EXPOSED IN THE GROUP “CORRUPTION AND IT’S WEB”. HOW HE CORRUPTLY REWARDED THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT MINISTERS IN THE PRESENT AND PAST GOVERNMENTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, CORRUPT POLICE OFFICERS, OTHERS AND CAUSING SICKNESS AND DEATHS OF SEVERAL PERSONS SEEN AS THREAT TO HIM AND HIS CRONIES.

ONE SUCH VICTIM OF THIS DEVIOUS ACTIONS WAS INSPECTOR TIMOCI WHO WAS CRIME OFFICER/NADI AND WAS HOT ON HIS HEALS.

PHOTO’S ATTACHED SHOWS THAT WHILST AT FICAC WE ARRESTED AND CHARGED HIM FOR CORRUPTION FOR SO MANY PAYMENTS HE MADE TO FORMER DIRECTOR CID SSP JOSAIA RASIGA TO SUPPRESS SEVERAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST HIM ARISING FROM HIS FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES.
AFTER WE HAD COLLECTED ENOUGH EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM HE WAS CHARGED ON THE DIRECTION OF HON PM FRANK BAINIMARAMA AS BY THEN AG AIYAZ SAYED-KHAIYUM INTERFERED WITH THE INVESTIGATIONS. PRESENT LANDS MINISTER FAIYAZ KOYA WHO WAS NOT IN THE GOVERNMENT THEN WAS ALSO INVOLVED.

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER ABBAS WAS CHARGED I WILL EXPOSE HOW AG AIYAZ SAYED-KHAIYUM AND NAZAHAT SHAMEEM THROUGH SSP RAVI NARAYAN SYSTEMICALLY MANIPULATED THE COURSE OF JUSTICE TO GET HIM THE FREEDOM.

THE OTHER DOCUMENT SHOWS HIS PRESS RELEASE THAT HE WAS BEING ASSISTED BY THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT. DID HE SUCCEED IN BRIBING THEM AND OBTAINING OWNERSHIP OF THE STATE LAND? FOR MORE “CORRUPTION AND IT’S WEB”.

THE ITALIAN JOB: Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho bought a plot of land from Fantasy Island developers at a highly reduced price:

ANWAR HUSSEIN, another signatory to the land sale to Khaiyum, also recently featured in Fijileaks, and was seeking help from Qiliho

A year ago, the former Assistant Police Commissioner Nasir Ali, had accused FFP Minister Bala of being involved in the 2000 coup and the plot to kill Bainimarama, and he is again repeating the allegation on social media

COMMENTS OF USMAN ALI ON HIS TIMELINE
11 June at 23:57 ·
"There is a criminal case file sitting in a district court in Fiji ready for hearing if not mention. The charges on that file is serious.
Causing death by dangerous driving and careless and reckless driving.
I made an effort to go through similar cases in the last five years. Since the charges are deemed serious, the punishment dished out by the courts or judiciary previously is moderate if not harsh. In most instance the trail judge while delivering the verdict has said that a deterrent sentence is warranted to pass a message that the court will not take causing death by dangerous/ careless driving lightly. Thus a jail term or a conviction is sought. Suspended sentence has not been an option, forget about a discharge without conviction verdict.
Fiji First party Minister or Minister for Local Govt Praveen Kumar Bala has similar charges against him. His file is almost at the doorstep of the court.
It cannot or can't or does not have an option for further date mention or adjournment. It needs to be heard, dwelled and judgement issued.
I can say with confidence that Fiji's justice system is rigid and this case will further solidify the faith we have in the rule of the land.
Justice delayed is Justice denied. One or similar rule for everyone. Dont you agree?.
MY COMMENT NO. 1
Yes this case has been long overdue to be dealt with. Someone is pulling the strings in delaying the process so that no witnesses are around to give evidence. The Attorney General AIYAZ SAYED-KHAIYUM cannot deny the fact that he is unaware of the case against the Minister. Apart from this charges against PRAVEEN BALA the Attorney General AIYAZ SAYED-KHAIYUM very well knew of his illegal activities because I had personally briefed him. I had also briefed the former CP Teleni and his deputy Eroni Antonio and had showed evidence against PRAVEEN BALA and others for their involvement in 2000Coup and the attempt to kill the Commander Bainimarama. The rest is history and I was stopped from directing Investigations not only in the 2000Coup, Mutiny to kill the Commander, other serious cases of Corruption and Fraud by Police Officers and other former Government Ministers and Senior Managers in Government. This was against the mandate of HE then the President of the Republic of Fiji late RATU JOSEFA ILOILO when he appointed the Interim Government in 2007. Those responsible for their attempt to have the foreign troops to invade Fiji and levy war against RFMF whilst the HE was still in the Office and had never authorised it, also escaped Justice. Instead quite a number of Senior Military Officers who rose to protect the Country were gradually taken to task or trapped by the Corrupt. Even to the extent the Corrupt Police Officers had attempted to trap the Commander Bainimarama with the help of a High Court Judge. She had been involved in suppressing evidence in NBF Scam, Savua cases, 2000Coup and Mutiny to kill the Commander and other serious cases.Cases also including Corrupt Police Officers. Irony of the situation is, there are quite a number of the Corrupt and those involved in major serious cases were given ticket to be become part of the present Government.

http://www.fijileaks.com/home/bala-case-magistrates-reasons-to-acquit-ffp-minister-praveen-bala-should-make-warning-lights-flash-red-for-justice-to-the-poor-in-fiji-the-regimes-ddp-pryde-to-make-decision-whether-to-appeal-bala-judgment

From Fijileaks Archive, 24 October 2015
"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

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

Pita Driti to Sitiveni Rabuka during the height of the 2000 mutiny:
"Get out of the BARRACK NOW, if not, I will bloody
blow your HEAD OFF";
Driti and the troops under his command were the only ones who stood their ground while Bainimarama fled through the cassava patch, defecating in his pants on the way

Fijleaks: Remember, it all happened before, under this coupist and his thieving associates after the 1987 coups:

"In my opinion the Prime Minister's (Rabuka's) action as regard the events leading up to the execution of the Deed was not only improper but prima facie illegal" - Justice Kermode, September 1992

Ratu Isoa Tikoca's lawyer Kitione Vuetaki was also caught up in the Stephens scandal; he was owed over $100,000 in legal fees

Fijileaks: We will publish Justice Kermode's views on Rabuka's testimony later on; basically Kermode had his reservations

11 Comments

Samjoe

16/6/2017 10:02:34 am

The magistrate who acquitted the Suspended opposition parliamentarian is not likely to keep her job for too long. The law is used by the mob in power as a stick to beat up opponents and critics of their rule. It is no longer meant to deliver justice. If delivering justice was what the law was about Khaiyum and his sidekicks would have been hauled to court. The law is applied selectively . Everyone is not equal before the law. Some like Khaiyum and his crooked cronies are more equal, The magistrate has apparently not read the script about the drama of law in Fiji.

Welcome Home

16/6/2017 11:35:41 am

By May 2009 more than twenty-eight hours had been spent in the Nadi Magistrates and Lautoka High Court assisting a British visitor to Fiji who was attacked at 0200 hrs in Nadi by a Gang of Four who had driven around from Suva on what the female member termed in court as 'A Joyride'. In this assault, the visitor to Fiji lost an eye and subsequently his Pilot's Licence. They were all admittedly the worse for wear due to level of alcohol consumed: Fiji's number one curse. When the FICAC Team came in to Suva, they were informed (informally over Morning Tea) about this case. The reply of leading Counsel from Washinton DC was helpful. Clear sign of serious corruption. Ultimately, the Resident Nadi Magistrate was charged and jailed. A trail of complaints had followed about his time in Labasa. This scenario was 'for starters'. Endemic corruption resembles a Spanish Onion: keep peeling away only to reveal more....... into infinity. But the Abrogation of the Constitution was an enabling factor for far more serious and disturbing events.

Ratu

16/6/2017 12:32:06 pm

A perplexing ruling. The Opposition parliamentarian is guilty as hell. One wonders if a deal was done? What did the member pledge in return for an acquittal?

Vuniyasi

16/6/2017 01:42:44 pm

Congratulations to Hon Ratu Isoa Tikoca. WE also say congratulations to the magistrate who knows what a judicial oath means, to fearlessly administer justice. Yes, she might be showed the door, I hope not for sake of humble justice. The humble magistrate has been able to give a quick decision, "justice seen to be done". Thank you. Our superior courts appear unable to come to a decision on Constitutional cases involving Govt throwing opposition members out of Parliament. One would have thought that public interest cases should be dealt with haste. The Government of FFP had tried to destroy Ratu Tikoca, an effective member of the opposition and possibly a member of government in the next parliament, if the votes are not stolen. He was got under their skin of the One and only. The Vindictive Man, on man band had to teach Ratu a lesson. The FFP Govt has successfully disfranchised Qarase and Mahendra Chaudhary and attempting to do so with Dr Ganesh Chand, an eminent academic and administrator with a keen political instinct. . They tried to demoralise and silence the high Chief, Ratu Naiqama. But the One man Parliament has his last laugh. We just sit and watch his immense power that rivals no others, even in the military, given to HIM, the almighty omnipotent, courtesy of no school bully, the real Commander of the RFMF, the Admiral, the President of Cop23. The present Fijian Parliament could be the only Parliament which can throw opposition members out of Parliament for years, must be a record with 3 members ousted in one term. What a distinction. Let us not give up hope, This magistrate has brought back some hope to us that "we shall overcome some day".

samjoe

16/6/2017 10:29:04 pm

I agree with what you say. The magistrate in this case must indeed be congratulated for showing courage in applying the law fairly without fear and favour. That's not an easy thing to do in the compromised justice system in Khaiyum and Bainimarama's " New Fiji ". But I don't want to be overly optimistic. One swallow does not a spring make. The dominant trend in our law courts in post coup Fiji has been that it has come to be under the thump and diktat of the rogue rulers of the country who use the court to punish their detractors and opponents.

Rajend Naidu

18/6/2017 01:24:28 am

Editor,
Voter Fatigue
In the French parliamentary elections many in the suburbs preoccupied with the struggles of daily living are disenchanted with politics . One said " Politics is all lies. Everyone knows that". ( Aljazeera news 17/6 ).
We have certainly come to know that since our country became a coup country.
People lied to grab power and then lied to hold on to power.
Lying has become the new norm in politics - politics of the dirty variety.
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

Dekho

18/6/2017 01:27:01 am

No, it's not a Doggy behind the wheels. It's a dirty political mongrel called Praveen Bala Sala.

Rajend Naidu

19/6/2017 01:20:47 am

Editor,
Outside influence Inside our Politics.
We read in smh 19/6 article ' Labour MP filed documents for billionaire ALP donor's Chinese business association' that Billionaire Huaung Xiangmo's political influence has extended directly into the NSW parliament with revelations that a serving NSW MP filed documents for an organisation headed by the Chinese Communist party- aligned businessman while acting as its adviser.
Labour MP Ernest Wong filed and signed off to n financial documents for the Australian Guangdong Chamber of Commerce headed by two major Labor donors, including Mr Huaung.
...investigative reporter Nick McKenzie breaks down the main points of his six month investigation into Chinese influence on Australian politics
Read more in the article on how Chinese cash threatening Australia's sovereignity.
Again I pose the question : If the Chinese can influence politicians and politics in a First World democracy like Australia what's to stop them from influencing politicians and politics in a third world coup country like Fiji?
In Australia we have investigative journalist like Nick McKenzie exposing the rot in our politics.
Any investigative journalist doing that in Fiji?
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

Rajend Naidu

19/6/2017 09:11:55 pm

Editor,
Doing the Right thing.
The magistrate Waleen George did the right thing. She upheld her oath of judicial office and applied the law impartially without coming under the sway of her political masters.
That is as should be if the people are to trust and have confidence in the judicial system in post coup Fiji.
Here is a letter written by John Fitzsimmons titled 'Doing the right thing' ( The Age 19/6 ) that succinctly captures this theme.
"Sometimes we face difficulty in life not because what we are doing is wrong, but because what we are doing is right. Gillian Triggs is a case in point of a public servant who provided Frank and fearless advise to the Coalition government in her role as President of the Human Rights Commission ( ' Lauded and vilified ' The Age 17/6 ).
The basis of Attorney General George Brandis' tirade against Gillian Triggs was that the report she tabled to Parliament regarding children in detention, did not augur well for the Coalition government. Put simply, it made them " look bad ".
However, making the government " look good " to Australians was not what Gillian Triggs signed up for, but rather to observe the provisions in her statutory mandate of " speaking out if particular acts are contrary to Australia's obligations under international law. " A finding of fact that is now clearly irrefutable ".
Have some of our mob in the Fiji Human Rights Commission and elsewhere in the governmental system in post coup Fiji signed up to serve according to their oath of office or according to the diktat of their political masters to make them " look good "?
They did not sign up as opportunists for their own self-aggrandisement,did they?
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

Rajend Naidu

20/6/2017 09:13:10 am

Editor,
Why The Courts Exist If Not To Protect People From Unfair Treatment.
That's precisely what the three judge federal appeals court in the US did when it agreed with 2 tribes who challenged a Freeport Minerals plan to divert water from the Gila River, saying the company had failed to show that its proposal would not affect the tribes.
The court said the company did not meet its burden of proving that the plan to reroute water would not have substantial negative effects on those downstream...
It's nice when the court does what it is meant to do.
Unfortunately that does not happen in some places where court officials forget their proper role and responsibility.
And in other places the State in collusion with big companies ride roughshod over the rights of ordinary people and their resources.
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

Rajend Naidu

21/6/2017 02:30:27 am

Editor,
A Mayor Who Falls Foul Of The Law.
Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale has been arrested and is to be charged for extortion and the assault of a woman. This follows questioning by the Crime and Corruption Commission ( abc news 21/6).
Mr Pisasale was first elected to council in 1991 and since 2004 has served four terms as mayor. In the 2016 election he was reelected with more than 80% of the vote.
The good thing about the democracy we have in Australia is that you can be a former or current mayor or some other big shot local government or national politician but if you fall foul of the law then your status can't save you.
The relevant authorities will do their duty to bring you to justice as they are mandated to do.
We don't have justice administered Animal Farm style whereby some are regarded more equal than others.
Is it the same in the democracy Fiji has following Bainimarama's coup?
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

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