Fiji's ex-premier charged with abuse of office

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 10, 2023 12:27 am

SUVA: Fiji's former prime minister Frank Bainimarama is due to appear in court on Friday to face a charge of abuse of office, police said, months after an election removed him from power.

After being questioned by police on Thursday, state prosecutors slapped a single charge each against Bainimarama and Sitiveni Qiliho, a key ally who is currently suspended from his role as police commissioner.

POLL PICK Fiji’s then-prime minister Frank Bainimarama drops his ballot paper into the ballot box at Yat Sen Secondary School polling station in the capital Suva on Dec. 14, 2022. AFP FILE PHOTO

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