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A sniper shot, food poisoning or motor vehicle collision were possible ways to remove Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and members of his Cabinet, Fiji’s High Court heard today.
State witness Major Isireli Narawa said he recommended these types of assassination methods to the group on trial while acting undercover for the military.
When cross examined by defence lawyer Iqbal Khan, Narawa said that was what he had mentioned in his statement to police.
“The statement was given in the context of the operation we were doing,” he said.
Narawa, who is the army Chief Staff Officer Intelligence, said the idea to trick the accused on trial into believing he was genuine was suggested by Corporal Peniasi Kuli, the army mole that first uncovered the alleged assassination plans.
Khan then asked Narawa whether their aim then was still to locate the missing arms from the 1987 and 2000 coups, as alleged earlier.
“Kuli was trying to locate it but never did.”
The trial continues before Justice Paul Madigan and five local assessors.
