Former Fiji PM Bainimarama Handed One-year Prison Sentence

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S. Economy & Markets Companies Technology Digital Life Culture Sports Crypto Opinion Listings & More Spotlight Glossary SMB Forum Glossary K-Wave CEO Spotlight Editions Australia Edition India Edition International Edition Singapore Edition United Kingdom United States NEWSLETTER Follow Us Editions Australia Edition India Edition International Edition Singapore Edition United Kingdom United States World Former Fiji PM Bainimarama Handed One-year Prison Sentence By AFP News 05/08/24 AT 9:51 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket This file picture taken on February 7, 2024 shows Fiji's former prime minister Frank Bainimarama leaving the Magistrates Court in Suva, Fiji AFP Former Fiji prime minister Frank Bainimarama was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison for perverting the course of justice, with a judge finding he used his political clout to shut down a police investigation. Bainimarama was sentenced at Fiji's High Court in the capital Suva, after being found guilty this year of quashing a police probe into alleged corruption at a Fijian university.



The former military commander seized power in a bloodless coup in 2006 and remains a popular figure in the South Pacific nation. .