and returned the case to the lower court for sentencing. On Thursday Paumau delivered a sentence that cited Bainimarama's poor health and heart condition and granted him an absolute discharge.

A lawyer in Fiji says the Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama should be charged with contempt of court over comments regarding dozens of people who've been charged with sedition in recent weeks.

Frank Bainimarama, former prime minister of Fiji, has been sentenced to a year in prison for seeking to pervert the course of justice in the University of the South Pacific corruption case.