A temporary uplift of stop departure order has been granted to Managing Director of Houng Lee Kaba Jacob Limited and former Director of Telecom Fiji Limited Sanjay Kaba to travel for work.
Kaba appeared before Magistrate Sufia Hamza this morning.
Kaba’s lawyer Vasu Pillay says they are not seeking a complete uplift of the stop departure order but just temporary ones for when Kaba has to travel for work.
Pillay says prosecution already has the dates and have agreed to not object to this.
Magistrate Hamza says bail variation has been extended and Kaba is expected be in court again on 6th May for mention.
Kaba is expected to travel overseas next week.
He has been charged with one count of obtaining a financial advantage.
It is alleged that Kaba between 27th January 2017 and 20th January 2019 whilst being a board member of Telecom Fiji Limited and Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited, engaged in conduct namely bidding for a tender through the company Houng Lee Kaba Jacob Limited for providing Project Management services to TFL for TFL's new office and data centre project, and as a result obtained a financial advantage amounting to $766,327.22 between June 2022 and July 2023, knowing that HLK Jacob was not eligible to receive the financial advantage as he had failed to declare his interest as director for HLK Jacob.
