The third witness Asenaca Tikoca gave her evidence for defense counsel in Ratu Isoa Tikoca’s trial yesterday.
Tikoca’s daughter and accountant, Asenaca Tikoca was asked by the defense counsel Kitione Vuetaki to verify documents and show how she calculated the difference that was paid by Tikoca for his son’s education at St Joseph’s Nudgee College in Brisbane, Australia.
Asenaca Tikoca referred to the documents such as bank statements, salary slips and school fee collective policy and explained to the Suva Magistrates Court how she calculated the figures from 2006.
She also revealed in court that on 24th April 2015 she received a call from Tikoca through which he asked her to assist him to clarify his liabilities to FICAC in Lautoka.
Asenaca Tikoca also told the court that when she contacted the FICAC officials she told them that Tikoca does not owe the government any money instead Tikoca paid extra money of $4,436 to the government.
However, she told the court that FICAC officials kept on telling her that Tikoca still did not pay his liabilities.
It is alleged that Tikoca failed to declare the liability and the amount of the liability to the Registrar, the Permanent Secretary responsible for Elections that he had incurred to the Government of Fiji during his tenure as Fiji’s High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea.
The trial will continue next Monday.
