While leaving the court premises, Bainimarama told the media that he “served as a prime minister of Fiji with integrity and everyone’s interest at heart”.
Over the past nine months, nearly 160 packages were detected and referred to the joint operation set up to target criminal syndicates shipping contraband into the state.
"We will take every action through our police and also our security agencies to make sure that anyone responsible for this faces the full force of the law."
Outgoing PIF chair and Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, welcomed the appointment saying “we are in good hands as we paddle our drua to achieve our collective aspirations”.
Of the businesses in breach of workplace laws, eight had underpaid their workers and three had failed to meet pay slip and record-keeping requirements.
Financial details of several individuals and businesses were also unlawfully obtained, resulting in using credit card information to make a series of unauthorised purchases.
Holi, traditionally observed by Hindus to mark the victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring, is widely celebrated across Fiji’s Indo-Fijian community and increasingly embraced as a national cultural event.
