The trial date for former National Fire Authority Board Chair John O’Connor and Carpenters Fiji Managing Director Daniel Whippy has been vacated.
The trial was previously scheduled to run from November 3rd to 20th.
A new trial date will be set on 3rd September.
O’Connor is charged with one count of abuse of office, while Whippy faces one count of counselling the omission of an offence.
FICAC had earlier indicated that it will call 38 witnesses and present CCTV footage as part of its case.
It is alleged that between 1st January 2018 and 28th September 2018, while serving as NFA Board Chair, O’Connor abused his authority by arbitrarily directing NFA officers to amend the findings of their 30th April 2018 fire investigation report into the 8th April 2018 fire at the MH Warehouse in Walu Bay.
