Suva High Court Judge Justice Priyantha Fernado has granted FICAC lawyers further time to peruse the reply from Defence lawyer Devanesh Sharma and finalize the Agreed Facts and Agreed Documents.
This is in relation to former Vice Chancellor of the Fiji National University Ganesh Chand who is charged with one count of abuse of office by FICAC.
The FICAC lawyers also informed the court that with regards to the Agreed Facts and Documents, they had received a reply from the Defence yesterday which contained their version and slight derivation from the prosecutions.
FICAC said that they would need further time to look through and finalize the same.
The matter has been adjourned to the 19th of May.
Doctor Ganesh Chand while being employed in the Public Service as the Vice Chancellor of FNU, allegedly abused his authority by approving the payments for overseas medical treatment for the then Minister of Education and the Chairman of the Fiji National University Council, Filipe Bole without the approval of the FNU Council.
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