Two Indian-origin men jailed in Fiji for graft


Suva, Nov 24 (IANS): Two Indian-origin men, Mahendra Patel and Dhirendra Pratap, were sentenced to one year and six months in jail respectively over corruption charges by a court in Fiji Monday.

Patel was former chairman of the Post Fiji, the national postal service of Fiji, Fiji Live reported.

One more official of the Post Fiji, Peni Mau, has also been convicted and sentenced for corruption.

Patel, 71, now heads Motibhai and Company Limited, one of Fiji’s most well-established and diversified business houses.

  

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