The case of the former Fijian Broadcasting Corporation CEO, Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Vimlesh Sagar, has been adjourned to next Monday.
They both appeared before Magistrate Sufia Hamza this afternoon.
Sayed-Khaiyum is charged with abuse of office and general dishonesty causing a loss while Sagar is charged with general dishonesty causing a loss and is also accused of approving the payments to purchase the vehicle.
Sayed-Khaiyum is accused of circumventing the tender process in FBC’s finance manual in purchasing his 3.0L Volkswagon Touareg for $207,240.
It is also alleged that obtaining that vehicle caused FBC a total loss of $84,470.
The trial is from the 2nd to 12th of September this year.
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