Fiji's ex-premier receives 1-year prison sentence

By Agence France-Presse

May 10, 2024 12:11 am

SUVA – Fiji's former prime minister Frank Bainimarama was sentenced on Thursday to a year in prison for perverting the course of justice, with a judge finding he used his political clout to shut down a police investigation.

Bainimarama was sentenced at Fiji's High Court in the capital Suva after being found guilty this year of quashing a police probe into alleged corruption at a Fijian university.

FALL FROM GRACE Fiji’s former prime minister Frank Bainimarama wears handcuffs as he leaves the high court building after receiving his sentence in the capital Suva on May 9, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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