Managing Director of Houng Lee Kaba Jacob Limited and former Director of Telecom Fiji Limited, Sanjay Kaba has pleaded not guilty.
This comes after FICAC lawyer Nimisha Shankar informed Magistrate Charles Ratakele that there had been changes to the particulars.
Kaba is charged with one count of obtaining a financial advantage.
According to the amended particulars, it is alleged that Kaba between the 27th of January 2017 and the 20th of January 2019 whilst being a board member of Telecom Fiji Limited and Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited, engaged in conduct namely using information and influence obtained by virtue of his position to procure a submission of tender through the company Houng Lee Kaba Jacob Limited a company in which he was a director and shareholder, for Project Management Service in relation 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.
Defence lawyer Devanesh Sharma raised that no reason had been given for the amendment to the charge on the day of the trial.
He also requested a list of witnesses to help make the trial more manageable for the defence.
The trial will proceed at 2pm today.
