Court

Former clerk fronts court for alleged corruption

October 29, 2020 4:40 pm

A former clerk in the Small Claims Tribunal was produced in the Nadi Magistrates Court this afternoon on a corruption related offence.

Sachin Asre was charged by the Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption with one count of obtaining a financial advantage.

It is alleged that he advised claimants at the Tribunal that he would make arrangements for the service of their claims to respondents, and obtained $490 from them, which he was not eligible to receive.

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The alleged offense happened between May and November last year.

The prosecution served the first phase disclosures.

Asre has been released on bail and a stop departure order has been issued.

The matter has been adjourned to 18th of January next year.