• July 5, 2013

The Director of Public Prosecutions Office is “not following proper procedures”in the application to consolidate charges against FTUC NP Daniel Urai and Sri Lankan businessman Jagnath Krunaratne.

Mr Urai is charged with inciting political violence and Mr Karunaratne is alleged to be part of the group that published graffiti against the Regime.

The two appeared early this week in the Suva Magistrates Court with their legal counsels objecting to the DPP’s application to consolidate the charges between them.

The DPP lawyer appeared under instructions requesting Magistrate Charles Ratakele to make a ruling on the application.

Mr Urai’s lawyer, Navinesh Nand informed the Court of his written request to the DPP to provide hard copies of more than 400 copies of disclosures of which could not be retrieved from the soft copies sent by the DPP.

The defence counsels are expected to make oral submissions of their objections to the application on July 10 of which the two defendants were excused from should they choose.

Thus the report on the Fiji Times on Wednesday, July 3rd was misrepresented.