Former Fiji PM Frank Bainimarama sentenced to year in jail – reports

Long-serving leader Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison for perverting the course of justice, local media reports

Fiji’s former long-serving prime minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison for perverting the course of justice, local media reported.

Bainimarama was initially spared jail in the case during sentencing last month, before an appeal by the country’s director for public prosecutions. On Thursday, that appeal was upheld by Fiji’s high court.