Fiji's Court of Appeal has dismissed the Labour Party leader, Mahendra Chuadhry's appeal for a stay of his sentence.
However, Fiji Live reports that Justice William Calanchini has granted an urgent hearing on the legal appeal of conviction, which bans him from campaigning in this year's general election.
Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry Photo: AFP
Chaudhry was convicted in April of breaching the Foreign Exchange Act, in relation to US$1.4m he had invested offshore without Reserve Bank approval.
He was fined $1.1m, which has since been paid.
