Police Commissioner Grant O'Fee

Two very high-ranking Tongan police officers are under an investigation into allegations that 33 convictions of Tongan citizens were ordered to be “wiped” from police records over several years, under an unwritten policy that was tacitly approved by a former and now deceased Minister of Police.

The unclaimed remains of Milan Rindzak (35), found on the ‘JeReVe’ yacht together with over 200kgs of cocaine on Luatafito Atoll in November last year, will be buried in Vava’u soon. Two months after his death there has been no contact received from his next of kin.

A third diver has died after using a dangerous method known as ‘hookah diving’ while diving for sea cucumbers this week in Ha’afeva, Ha’apai. Tonga’s Police Commissioner is appealing to divers never to use the illegal method.

Tonga Police reported three accidental deaths in the last four days, including a drowning in ‘Eua, a road death in Vava’u, and a suicide at Pelehake in Tongatapu.

Three Tongan Police Constables have now been charged with manslaughter in regards to the death of 20-year-old ‘Inoke Finau Vala Pepa, after a fight at Vaini early Friday morning, 16 November.