Chinese national facing corruption related charges denied bail

A Chinese national currently facing corruption related charges has had her second bail application refused by the Suva Magistrates Court.

Ling Gao was charged earlier this year by FICAC with one count each of Bribery and Possession of Forged Document.

Magistrate, Kashyapa Wickramasekara labeled the application for bail as a frivolous one and refused it in the interest of justice.

The Court also noted that the accused is already on a Warrant of Detention and Removal Order by the Permanent Secretary for Immigration and that there was no change of circumstance to justify a second bail application.

Gao is charged alongside two other individuals for allegedly offering $100.00 to an Exemption Officer at the Department of Immigration to alter the Work Permit on her Chinese passport in January of this year.

The other two accused in this matter are Parvir Rattan who faces one count of Bribery and Sereima Rokovada faces one count each of Bribery and Using a Forged Document.