26 Jul 2002

Former Fiji PM Rabuka agrees to pay child support

10:44 am on 26 July 2002

The former Fiji prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, has agreed to pay 15-US dollars a week in support of a child he fathered with a Fiji Times journalist, Margaret Wise.

Since Ms Wise filed a suit nine months ago, Mr Rabuka has denied being the father despite a positive DNA test.

Yesterday, he admitted being the father in the Suva domestic court but said he could pay only 15 dollars a week - reportedly the highest such payment in Fiji ever.

Mr Rabuka told the court he had met the delivery costs and had an out-of-court agreement with Ms Wise when the child was five months.