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Hearing date for Sainiana Waqainabete vacated

November 3, 2017 3:06 am

Former Media Liaison Officer at the Ministry of Works, Transport and Public Utilities, Sainiana Waqainabete’s hearing has been vacated again.

Defense had filed a notice of motion to have the hearing date which was scheduled from next Monday to be vacated.

The motion was filed as Waqainabete will be having exams the following week.

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The matter has been adjourned to 17th November to set new hearing date.

Waqainabete is charged with 11 counts of obtaining a financial advantage by deception.

It is alleged she obtained financial advantage by falsely stating that the Minister for Work had requested a total of $5760 over 9 separate occasions between May 2010 and June 2011.