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DPP applies for High Court trial in money laundering case

April 16, 2015 5:41 pm

The Director of Public Prosecutions has applied for a case of money laundering to be heard in the Suva High Court.

A former employee of the i-Taukei Lands Trust Board has been charged with 39 counts of money laundering.

Savenaca Batibawa who appeared in the Suva Magistrates Court yesterday has been released on bail.

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The court heard Batibawa’s alleged accomplice has already been charged and is currently facing a trial in the High Court.

Batibawa has surrendered his passport to the court and has been ordered to report to the Central Police Station three times a week.