Tevita Lui’s claim to evict Saralee Soakai from his tax allotment in Toula, Vava’u was dismissed after a Land Court judge ruled that a Tenancy Agreement remains in force until 2055, and there was no breach in the agreement.
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Results for Justice Tupou
Tuesday 22 July 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Saturday 19 July 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Penisimani Foukimoana Koli Moa (33) was imprisoned for one year and eight months, after he entered the Emerald Hotel and pointed a .22 pistol at the forehead of an employee. “The defendant foolishly thought it appropriate to carry in his trouser pocket an unlicensed .22 pistol, while out drinking,” stated the judge.
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Friday 18 July 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nina Halatanu won her claim against her late husband’s first wife and heir to evict them from a town allotment in Nukuleka, in a ruling by a Land Court judge who found that, for the time being, no rights exceed hers as widow.
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Thursday 10 July 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Heilala Finau (23) is serving one year and three months in prison for obtaining $18,300 from a mother and her two daughters in a web of deception and lies, when she pretended to be a public servant handling applications for government aid to provide housing.
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Wednesday 25 June 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Amy Leger (35) who worked as a nanny for the King’s niece and her family received a suspended sentence for three counts of forgery and one of theft when over three months in 2023, she withdrew a total of $10,000 pa'anga by using her employer's pre-signed blank cheques without authorisation.
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Monday 9 June 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fine Tevita Fifita (31) and Vaivevea Mafi (45) are serving life imprisonment after being found guilty on charges that included the unlawful importation of 1157.4 grams of methamphetamine, concealed inside a crate in a container shipped from the United States of America in 2023.
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Monday 5 May 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Business owner Kisione Tu'ipulotu To’aho (41), whose company imported and sold vehicles, is serving 20 months imprisonment for two counts of obtaining $29,600 by false pretences when he scammed customers in two separate incidents.
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Tuesday 29 April 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sione Faka’osi (46) is serving 16 months imprisonment for obtaining $11,600 by false pretence from his employer in a systematic web of lies, when he pretending to be someone else selling a container that was not real.
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