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Vengeful against Australian citizens: Khaiyum |
In our second story on the petition by the former Appeal Court judge, William Marshall, we focus again on the illegal behaviour of the regime appointed attorney general, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum.
Marshall reveals that Khaiyum was behind the relentless drive by prosecutors to frame four men (one of whom was an Australian citizen) for the murder of 26 year old James Shankaran in Nausori in 2010.
The original decision was later overturned by Marshall, who caught the blunt end of Khaiyum's vindictive nature.
Marshall also reveals Khaiyum 'conspired' against a second Australian citizen, Simon Mccartney, who was later sentenced to 18 years for the death of his wife and a third person, Suva lawyer Rajendra Chaudhry.
Chaudhry was cited in a story broken by Coupfourpointfive involving the Indian national and drug smuggler, Muskan Balaggan.
In his revelations, Marshall confirms what we've known for some time: that Sri Lankan magistrates and judges are at the beck and call of the illegal attorney general.
These excertps from Marshall's petition to Voreqe Bainimarama calling for the dismissal of Khaiyum, were found at page 120 through to 131:
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Simon Mccartney |
249. The law is that only the Attorney General has the power to issue a nolle prosequi. So the Attorney General by necessary implication was at the centre of the conspiracy which is disclosed in the following documents. I produce as Document No. 78 a report about the nolle prosequi being entered at Suva Magistrates Court on 6th November 2007 from the Fiji Times of 7th November 2007 headed : “Macartney walks free.”
Particularly chilling is the following passage:-
“The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions confirmed in a statement that Mr Macartney would be recharged once new evidence was ready.
“We will consider relaying the murder charge after the police have obtained the necessary evidence.”
It said in the statement. The DPP said, “While sensitive to the feelings of the victim’s family, it had been compelled to terminate proceedings."
"The decision was made on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence to lay the murder charge.”
No wonder the Magistrate, John Semisi said he was “baffled” that police had charged the suspect despite their investigations being incomplete. But he did not know that because Macartney was an Australian, the Attorney General was punishing him for the Australian State in removing the Attorney General’s status as an Australian resident.