Man In Court For Sexual Video

Kaminieli Raqio ap­peared at the Lauto­ka Magistrates Court for his alleged involvement in forcing two youths to per­form sexual acts.

Raqio is charged with two counts of wrongful confine­ment, two counts of sexual assault, one count of traf­ficking obscene publication and one count of criminal intimidation.

It is alleged that Raqio committed the offences as a means to punish the two for damaging his personal items on September 30, in Lautoka in the Western Di­vision, whereby he and oth­ers forcefully took the two victims to an empty shed outside his home and forced them to perform sexual acts.

A video of the alleged of­fence was widely shared on social media.

Corporal Veni Vunaki ap­peared for the prosecution while Joana Takali repre­sented Raqio

Corporal Vunaki told the court that the prosecution was strongly objecting to bail because the matter was a case of interest, Raqio was a threat to society and that he had pending drug-related matters before the court.

Ms Takali told the court that her client would adhere to strict bail conditions and that she did not have a copy of Raqio’s pending matters.

The court heard that Raqio had three children and was the sole breadwinner for his family and had been in cus­tody since October 1.

Magistrate Hemantha told Ms Takali that she would have to file the respective submissions by this Friday.

The matter has been ad­journed to October 6 for the bail ruling and Raqio has been further remanded in custody.