‘No Room For Corruption’

Anyone committing to cor­rupt practices within the Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) will be taken to task.

This was the stern warning from Minister for Sugar Charan Jeath Singh.

He made the statement while mak­ing a number of allegations of cor­rupt practices within the FSC in recent years.

He also revealed a number of alle­gations levelled against former FSC CEO Abdul Khan.

This included allegations of mul­tiple acts of financial malfeasance, breaches of income tax and ex­change control acts, conflict of in­terests and abuse of office.

The minister revealed that the Government would seek to extra­dite Mr Khan for allegations lev­elled against him.

The Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption investigations on the case continue.

Mr Singh also revealed that staff from the Fiji Sugar Corporation had been fired for corrupt practices cases referred to police and FICAC.

He added the ministry was com­mitted to transparency and integ­rity.

“There are other field officers and farm advisors who are not perform­ing on the farm. They’re going out, demanding favours from the farm­ers,” Mr Singh said.

“Once those things come in black and white, I will reveal them. But I’m going to warn everybody—the farmers, farm advisors, the field office, and FSC workers—that if you are not there with a full heart to support the industry, just get out of it.”

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