But these three military officers and a businessman hauled before court!
Ajesh Sharma, Manager Sales of Buildex Marketing Limited is charged with two counts of Bribery alongside Waisale Sorokacika and Elazar Adrian Luciano while, in a separate incident, he (Sharma) was charged for one count of Bribery alongside Josese Radaniva Vusoniceva.
In the first incident, it is alleged that Ajesh Sharma, between the period 1st April 2014 and 31st August 2015, at Labasa in the Northern Division, whilst being Manager Sales of Buildex Marketing Limited, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offered advantages to the sum of F$5,404 to Waisale Sorokacika, an Assistant Purchasing Clerk in the Accounts Section of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Engineers Unit, on account of Sorokacika’s performing an act in his capacity as a public servant.
Further to that, it is also alleged that Sharma, between the period 1st August 2015 and 31st August 2015, at Labasa in the Northern Division, offered advantages to the sum of F$600 to Elazar Adrian Luciano, an Accounts Warrants Officer in the Accounts Section of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Engineers Unit, on account of Luciano’s performing an act in his capacity as a public servant.
Sorokacika and Luciano are also alleged to have accepted the said advantages from Sharma without lawful authority or reasonable excuse to do so during the same periods.
In a separate incident it is also alleged that the same Ajesh Sharma between the period 1st January and 30th September 2015, at Labasa in the Northern Division, whilst being the Manager Sales of Buildex Marketing Limited, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offered advantages to a total sum of F$9,906 to Josese Radaniva Vusoniceva, a Works Warrant Officer with the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Engineers Unit, on account of the named officer performing an act in his capacity as a public servant.
Josese Radaniva Vusoniceva is alleged to have accepted the said advantage from Sharma without lawful authority or reasonable excuse to do so.
All the Accused have been released on strict bail conditions and asked to report to their nearest Police Station. Additionally, Sharma surrendered his travel documents to Court, as directed by Learned Resident Magistrate Waleen George when they first appeared before her on the 3rd of December, 2015.