Supervisor of Elections Ana Mataiciwa took the witness stand this afternoon and addressed questions from the defense in the trial involving former Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem.

The third accused in a case involving the unlawful importation of 4.7 kilograms of methamphetamine, has been denied bail.

The State has told the High Court that the Fijian Elections Office was used for political greed in the past.

The Labasa High Court has granted immunity to Muqtadeer Saif Kaiyum, a co-accused in the ongoing case against Labasa lawyer Amrit Sen, clearing the way for him to testify as a state witness.

Chief Justice Salesi Temo has this afternoon dismissed an application by the defence for his recusal from presiding over the trial of former Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and former Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem.

The trial of the former Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and former Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem will be called at 2.30 this afternoon.

Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption’s Acting Commissioner, Lavi Rokoika, this morning informed the court that they have yet to receive a response from the Attorney-General’s office regarding the extradition proceedings against the Director of Public Prosecutions, Christopher Pryde.

The Suva High Court has set aside a $1,497,213.21 statutory demand issued by Yanjian Group (Fiji) against Great Han International Co Pte Ltd, citing a genuine dispute over the debt.

The judicial review matter in relation to the former Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner will be heard on the 27th of this month.

Two young farmers who admitted to a violent street robbery in Taveuni have avoided jail after the High Court handed them a suspended sentence.

A 53-year-old man from Sigatoka has been charged with allegedly obtaining more than a million dollars from a foreign national.

The Lautoka High Court has sentenced a 33-year-old man to nine years in prison for rape.