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Former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama’s appeal against a High Court ruling on his salary, pension and gratuity entitlements will be heard by the Court of Appeal on the 11th of November. The matter was called before High Court Judge Justice Chandana Prematikala this morning. Bainimarama’s lawyer, Gul Fatima, confirmed that a copy of the court records has been served on the respondents — the Government and the Office of the Attorney-General. The appeal challenges a judgment delivered by Justice Daniel Goundar, with Bainimarama arguing that the High Court made errors in interpreting the law relating to parliamentary remuneration and retirement…

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The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has filed a civil forfeiture application seeking to have assets belonging to Imran Khan and Deborah Kim forfeited to the State. Earlier this year, the High Court granted the State’s application for a permanent restraining order over assets linked to Khan and Kim. The application was filed at the Suva High Court Civil Registry today, under sections 71F, 71G, 71K and 71M of the Proceeds of Crime Act. The Court declared the assets to be unexplained wealth and permanently restrained them after finding that the respondents had failed to provide evidence establishing…

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Fiji is stepping up efforts to make government services more accessible while strengthening cybersecurity and digital systems across the country. Minister for Policing and Communications, Ioane Naivalurua, told Parliament today that several initiatives are being advanced under the National Digital Strategy 2025–2030 and the National Cybersecurity and Resilience Strategy 2026–2031. A Whole-of-Government services mapping exercise has identified 788 services provided by ministries and agencies. The exercise is expected to help government review and redesign services to make them easier for people to access. The National Identification Initiative is also progressing and is expected to be tabled in Parliament next month.…

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