Taliai Tapueluelu (36) and Penitiketo Latu (27) are serving two-years in prison for serious causing bodily harm, when in Neiafu they repeatedly kicked an unconscious man on the head with their boots, in what the Acting Lord Chief Justice described as an outrageous abuse of police powers, when sentencing them.
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Monday 11 March 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Wednesday 29 November 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two Police officers, Penitiketo Latu and Taliai Tapueluelu, were found guilty of causing serious bodily harm to a young soldier (19), whom they kicked on the mouth, fracturing his jaw using their police boots, as he lay defenceless and unconscious, on the floor of the Neiafu Police Station, in Vava’u in 2021.
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Thursday 22 December 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two former police officers who are in jail for common assault, after they punched and kicked a defenceless 21-year-old in Vava’u, will not be allowed to appeal their sentences. President of the Appeal Court, Lord Chief Justice Whitten, in his ruling on 12 December rejected their applications, as they had no reasonable prospects of success.
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Wednesday 16 November 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Viliami Halalilo and Tukumo’ui Havea have been jailed for common assault when they punched and kicked a defenceless 21-year-old man in Neiafu, Vava’u.
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Friday 4 November 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Viliami Halalilo and Tukumo’ui Havea have been found guilty of common assault, when they punched and kicked a 21-year-old victim in Neiafu, Vava’u. “They indulged in sheer hooliganism and behaviour and not keeping with the dignity and high standards of the Tongan Police Force,” said the Supreme Court judge.
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Friday 6 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twenty-one police officers had their employment terminated by Tonga Police Board due to serious disciplinary breaches and criminal convictions.
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Thursday 24 August 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Leadership training for 92 Tongan Police officers and staff has focused on accountability, authority and responsibility. Tonga's Police Commissioner Stephen Caldwell said yesterday he expected to see a shift in police attitude when exercising their power.
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Friday 9 June 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two policemen charged in relation to an armed robbery at a Chinese shop in Ma’ufanga on 20 May remain detained in custody.
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Thursday 20 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two men accused of housebreaking after they entered a woman’s home posing as police officers were found guilty on March 19, and will be sentenced on April 17, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.
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Monday 21 January 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The case against two police constables who are charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of 'Inoke Finau Vala Pepa (20) in Vaini was adjourned to March 11. This is to allow police prosecution to file papers to a magistrate for the case to be submitted to the Supreme Court.
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