Aman Ravindra Singh has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for contempt of court by the Suva High Court.
A bench warrant has also been issued as Singh failed to appear in court this afternoon.
The contempt of court matter pertains to when Singh was found guilty for defaming Voreqe Bainimarama and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum where he had falsely claimed on his Facebook account that the two had orchestrated temple break-ins.
Singh was ordered to pay Bainimarama and Sayed-Khaiyum $60,000 each within 30 days from July 24th 2020.
He was to also post an apology on his Facebook page and in all local daily newspapers and remove the article from his Facebook page.
He was also ordered to pay both $8000 as costs for the case.
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