Pardon A Step For Better And Brighter Future

Presidential Par­don is a step for a better and brighter future, says a former inmate.

Friday 10 March 2023 | 13:30

President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere awards Presidential Pardon to Albertino Shankar at the State House on March 9, 2023. Photo: Ronald Kumar

President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere awards Presidential Pardon to Albertino Shankar at the State House on March 9, 2023. Photo: Ronald Kumar

Presidential Par­don is a step for a better and brighter future, says a former inmate.

Albertino Shankar, 39, was one of the three former inmates who were given a grant of Presidential Pardon by the President of Fiji Ratu Wiliame Katoni­vere at the State House in Suva yesterday.

He was imprisoned in 2003 for the offence of murder. He was hand­ed a sentence of life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years.

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Story By: ashna.kumar@fijisun.com.fj