Construction worker jailed for predatory rape
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 19:12
Samuela Holani (22) was sentenced to four-years and nine months imprisonment for the rape of a woman at home in Nuku'alofa, in July last year. "A woman is entitled to expect she is safe in her house from predatory sexual offending,” said the judge in passing sentence.
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Tonga's law on rape and on
Tonga's law on rape and on all sexual related crimes needs updating. We need to bring the law and punishment in line with Tonga's actual view on those kind of crimes. In some south east asian countries they execute people caught smuggling drugs. To them its a serious problem and they execute smugglers to deter others. Not saying we execute rapists but at least make the punishment related to the crime in the context of Tonga's view on rape. Rape and those kind of crimes are very serious crimes and dangerous to the family unit in our close-knit society, and therefore we should have much longer sentences, and then from there take off a couple years if they cooperate.