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FICAC and defence ready for trial in Professor Prasad case

FICAC and defence ready for trial in Professor Prasad case

FICAC lawyer Joseph Work says they have finalised the agreed facts and documents in former Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad trial.

Work says the trial will include both documentary and oral evidence.

He says all relevant documents has been disclosed to the defence.

Professor Prasad’s lawyer Richard Naidu says there are no issues and he is satisfied with the documents disclosed by the prosecution.

Both parties are ready for trial which is scheduled from 10th to 14th August.

The matter has been adjourned to 3rd August for the final pre-trial conference before the trial.

Professor Prasad has been charged by FICAC with two offences relating to alleged non-disclosure in his 2015 statutory declaration as an office holder of the National Federation Party.

FICAC alleges that on or about 30th December 2015, Professor Prasad failed to declare his directorship in Platinum Hotels & Resorts PTE Limited in his declaration of assets, liabilities and income submitted to the Registrar of Political Parties, allegedly breaching the Political Parties Act.

He is also charged with providing false information in a statutory declaration, with FICAC claiming that the omission of the directorship made the declaration materially false.

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