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No wonder Sitiveni Rabuka wants to replace the Attorney General, Siromi Turaga, as soon as possible. It isn't just the complaints from the President down about Turaga's grave mishandling - before he became AG - of the divorce proceedings of a senior military officer that has resulted in the man's wife committing bigamy in the US. Now Turaga has … [Read more...] about # SIROMI TURAGA’S SPECTACULAR OWN GOAL

It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to identify the source of the leaked image of the newly-jailed disgraced Police Commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho, which surfaced on social media on Friday. It is clearly from a prison security camera, which tells us two things. The rotten apples violating Qiliho's privacy are warders in the control room of the … [Read more...] about # DISCOMBOBULATING RANDOM JOTTINGS

The Yue Lai yum cha czar, Zhao Fugang, has been on a local PR blitz to rubbish the Nine Media's reporting that he is a priority target of Australia's intelligence services for allegedly running the region's biggest drug trafficking syndicate. But he has fallen at the first hurdle with his claim that Nick Mckenzie - the 60 Minutes and Nine newspaper … [Read more...] about # ZHAO FUGANG’S CHINESE BURN

Like many Fijians, Grubsheet has been in a mild state of shock at the sight of Frank Bainimarama trying to use what looked like a tea towel to cover up his handcuffs as he and Sitiveni Qiliho left the High Court yesterday for the journey to prison. It wasn’t as if we didn’t expect the pair to be jailed. Grubsheet had been predicting it in these … [Read more...] about # IT ISN’T OVER FOR FRANK

Both sentences start immediately and the ousted prime minister and suspended Police Commissioner have been escorted to prison in handcuffs. For an educated guess about what happens next, please refer to our previous posting. Detailed analysis to come tomorrow (Friday). … [Read more...] about # BREAKING NEWS…FRANK BAINIMARAMA JAILED FOR ONE YEAR FOR PERVERTING THE COURSE OF JUSTICE…SITIVENI QILIHO JAILED FOR TWO YEARS FOR ABUSE OF OFFICE

Security has been tightened in central Suva as Frank Bainimarama and Sitiveni Qiliho are re-sentenced by the Acting Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, and he imposes much harsher penalties than the effective acquittals pronounced on them by Magistrate Seini Puamau. The hearing was due to begin at 11.00am and local media reports that police are checking … [Read more...] about # THURSDAY MAY 9. A MOMENTOUS DAY IN FIJI