The Malimali Version. She breaks cover at COI about Tuvalu hotel: 'There was this old dude there. I think I got drunk...I had a beer, then a few more beers-then I think, I may have had a couple of whiskeys-then blacked out

The then Justice Norman Franzi

​​Fijileaks: While we are withholding the full report, we are publishing a limited, verified extract from the COI Report which directly relates to what came to be known as the 'Tuvalu Tryst' between Malimali and the Judge.
​*What we are publishing is NOT 'Hearsay on Hearsay'. Her statement to the COI was recorded and is now part of the COI Report.

Barbara Malimali - the lawyer

*Based on our own copy and cross-verification, Fijileaks can confirm that these versions are genuine.
​*Below is an extract from the COI Inquiry Report on 'Tuvalu Affair'

Fijileaks: We had exposed the letter long before the COI had begun its hearing.
*In March 2017, the Tuvalu Court of Appeal quashed the acquittal of former Prime Minister Apisai Ilelemia on technicality. The appeal's sole ground was the improper personal interaction betweel Ilelemia's lawyer Barbara Malimali and Justice Norman Franzi: they were seen drinking together, walking alone of the beach, and returning "dripping wet" back to the Judge's hotel room.
*These actions led the court to rule that their association "crossed the line of normal professional conduct".

To be continued. Meanwhile, from Fijileaks, 29 September 2024