The first State witness in the trial of former Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended Police Commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho has alleged that former Chair of the USP Council, Winston Thompson was interfering in their internal investigations with their whistleblower programs, and the staff were scared to come forward due to fear of getting reprimanded.
USP's Director Assurance and Compliance, Dulari Traill, who is currently giving evidence, says on the 6th of March 2019 she was summoned before the Executive Council about the whistleblower policy.
She further says at this point she and her team were still weighing their options on whether to take the issues forward to the Police or to FICAC to ensure incidents like this do not happen.
Traill says she decided to take their case to FICAC on the 17th of April where she had an appointment with FICAC Director of Investigations, Isireli Tagicaki.
She further says after discussing with Tagicaki on the issues regarding money allegedly being given to certain individuals that were not deserving of it, FICAC tried to get her to join their anonymous whistleblower program.
The State witness says that they made an agreement with FICAC for them to look at criminal matters while her team looked at the internal processes.
She alleges that after her visit to FICAC, Chair of the USP Council, Winston Thompson started interfering in their investigations.
Traill says Thompson was insistent they interview Professor Rajesh Chandra.
She...
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