Sixty witnesses are expected to give evidence in the trial of nine individuals involved in one of Fiji’s biggest drug busts.

The Suva High Court has forfeited over $52,000 from the bank account of a former Principle Accounts Officer of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces.

The trial of nine individuals alleged to have been involved in one of Fiji’s biggest drug busts begins at the Lautoka High Court today.

A senior official at the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service, Osea Raicama Dakai has been remanded in custody by the Nadi Magistrates Court.

Prosecution has been granted 14 days to sort out pretrial conference, in the legal matter involving former Fijian Broadcasting Corporation Chief Executive Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Chief Financial Officer Vimlesh Sagar.

Two men alleged to have caused the death of an elderly man following an aggravated robbery in Savusavu last month have been charged with murder.

The Labasa High Court has granted bail to one of two suspended police officers from Savusavu charged in connection with a rape incident involving a 17-year-old victim.

The two police officers alleged to have sexually assaulted a minor earlier this month in Savusavu have been charged.

A man who raped a minor in 2023 after asking her to use her bathroom has been handed a 10-year jail term by the Suva High Court this morning.

A mother charged with the murder of her newborn baby girl in December 2022 has been acquitted by the Labasa High Court.

Self-proclaimed Facebook publisher Kishore Kumar has avoided prison after his sentence of one year and 10 months was suspended for five years.

Assistant Foreign Affairs Minister Lenora Qereqeretabua today stood before the Suva Magistrates Court and delivered a firm message to the man who targeted her online.