DPP sanctions indecent assault charges against former FHL executive

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A FORMER executive of Fijian Holdings Limited accused of sexually harassing two women has been charged with three counts of indecent assault.

Police chief of intelligence and investigations Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Biu Matavou said the former executive was now in custody at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Suva.

The charges were sanctioned by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

“For the first two counts of indecent assault, this is in relation to the first complainant who alleged he committed the offence on two separate occasions in the months of June and September 2019,” ACP Matavou said in a statement issued this morning.

“The third count of indecent assault is in relation to the second complainant who alleged he committed the offence in May 2019.”

The accused remains in custody.

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