Manley Manu Soakai Palu (25) was sentenced to three years imprisonment, with a portion suspended, for three counts of causing bodily injury to a couple and their two year old daughter, while driving under the influence of alcohol. “The public must be protected from people who drink and drive,” stated the Judge.
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Wednesday 21 August 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Wednesday 27 March 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An intoxicated driver, Tepi Angilau, is serving 10-months in prison for causing serious bodily harm to her partner at the time, who was a passenger, when she was driving under the influence of alcohol on a night out.
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Wednesday 20 December 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Samiu Pese (40) was sentenced to five-years imprisonment for dangerous driving causing the death of his passenger who was asleep in the open back of a truck, when it crashed in Vava'u.
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Friday 9 June 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police have released shocking drink driving figures, which show that 10% of the 504 drivers stopped by Police over the weekend were tested to have been under the influence of alcohol.
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Saturday 24 October 2020
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The tragic death of a local businessman, Tausinga Taumoefolau (46), in December 2019 was caused by the drunken driving of a criminal psychiatric patient, who was released because the Vaiola Hospital Psychiatric Ward was overloaded. “This case is an extremely tragic illustration and reminder of the effects on individuals and the community at large when this aspect of public health is not adequately resourced,” Lord Chief Justice M. H. Whitten QC observed yesterday, 23 October, in sentencing the offender, Lemoto Lemeki Manu (34).
Tuesday 22 October 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
More than 20 people were arrested by Tonga Police, in relation to illicit drugs and drink driving, in a combined operation over the weekend in Nuku'alofa.
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Wednesday 8 May 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A speeding drunk driver, Vilisoni Finau, was found guilty of reckless driving causing the death of another driver Tou’anga Ma’a Tonga Kamea in a collision on the roundabout intersection of Vaha‘akolo and Mateialona Roads in Nuku‘alofa, in June last year.
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Wednesday 27 March 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pahulu Manoa (38) was sentenced to four-years imprisonment for causing the death of a 48-year-old man while driving under the influence of alcohol on Vuna Road last year.
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Tuesday 26 March 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Loseli Tonga (28) was sentenced to six-years and nine-months imprisonment for reckless driving that caused the death of three of his passengers, during a tragic crash in Leimatu'a in 2017.
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Tuesday 19 March 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 23-year-old woman was allowed a fully suspended prison sentence of 21 months after being convicted of reckless driving causing grievous bodily harm to a woman in Havelu last year, when she drove while under the influence of alcohol.
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Tuesday 8 January 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 49-year-old woman from 'Utulau who sustained serious injuries in a road crash on December 22, 2018, will be charged with alleged drunk driving.
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Friday 7 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 46-year-old man from Lapaha has been charged with drunk driving after crashing his vehicle into a high voltage power pole last night, September 6 causing a temporary power outage for all the Central Business District.
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Wednesday 1 February 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Thirteen people were arrested and charged for alleged drunk driving, disorderly behaviour and drinking in public places, mainly in Central Nuku’alofa, over the weekend from January 27-29, in Operation Safe Streets to prevent alcohol-fueled crimes in Tongatapu.
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Wednesday 9 November 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twenty-two people were arrested and charged for alleged drunk driving, disorderly and drinking in public places mainly in central Nuku’alofa over the weekend, during Operation Safe Streets aimed at preventing alcohol fueled crimes in Tongatapu.
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Monday 26 September 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twenty-seven people were arrested and charged for alleged drunk driving and drinking in public places mainly in central Nuku’alofa over the weekend, the seventh week of Operation Safe Streets aimed at preventing alcohol fueled crimes in Tongatapu.
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Tuesday 30 August 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three men remain hospitalized after their vehicle crashed into the fence at the Captain Cook's Landing site in 'Alaki, early this morning.
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Tuesday 30 August 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Forty-one people were arrested for alleged drunk driving and disorderly conduct mainly in central Nuku’alofa last weekend in the fifth-week of Operation Safe Streets that focuses on preventing alcohol related crimes in Tongatapu.
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Monday 15 August 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 26-year-old man was in critical condition at Vaiola Hospital after the vehicle he was a passenger in crashed into a tree on Taufa’ahau Road at Tofoa early Sunday morning, 14 August.
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Monday 8 August 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
113 people were arrested and charged with drinking in public places, drunk driving and disorderly conduct in the second weekend of 'Operation Safe Streets' from August 5-7, run by Tonga Police in Tongatapu.
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Tuesday 17 May 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A civil servant, Poasi Ngaluafe (49) has been charged with reckless and drunk driving in relation to the death of a man who was allegedly sitting in the middle of By-Pass Road at Longolongo early Sunday morning, 8 May.
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