Article 4SQ9P Fiji PM Bainimarama won't face assault charges over carpark tussle with MP

Fiji PM Bainimarama won't face assault charges over carpark tussle with MP

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Kate Lyons
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Frank Bainimarama's heated argument with opposition MP Pio Tikoduadua was captured on video

No assault charges will be laid against the prime minister of Fiji in relation to an incident with an opposition MP outside parliament, despite there being "sufficient evidence for the matter to proceed to court," the country's department of public prosecutions has ruled.

Frank Bainimarama was accused of assault by Pio Tikoduadua, an opposition MP for the National Federation Party, who alleges the prime minister grabbed and shoved him outside Fiji's parliament in Suva, causing his glasses to fall to the ground and break.

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