SYDNEY, Australia: Fiji's ex-prime minister Frank Bainimarama avoided jail time on Thursday despite being found guilty of obstruction of justice while leading the South Pacific island nation.

Earlier this month, Bainimarama was found guilty of quashing a police investigation into alleged corruption at Fiji's University of the South Pacific in July 2020, when he was prime minister.

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