In sentencing Tafolosa Bloomfield, a former Miss Heilala, to three-years and four-months imprisonment in Hu‘atolitoli Prison today, a Tongan Supreme Court judge said that her deceit was audacious and her embezzlement case was by far the worst of its kind he had encountered in Tonga.
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Thursday 24 October 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 18 October 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Suspended Police Superintendent Lolesio Hausia was discharged on a common assault count by Magistrate Similoni Tu'akalau, at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court today, 18 October.
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Tuesday 15 October 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A suspended Lance Corporal appeared at the Mu’a Magistrate’s Court on October 9 for the theft of bottles of liquor which were kept as police exhibits.
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Friday 11 October 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 25-year-old suspended Police Constable was sentenced to pay $500 pa'anga compensation after pleading guilty to stealing a female police officer's mobile phone memory card and distributing her personal information to other police officers.
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Friday 11 October 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Superintendent Lolesio Hausia who is charged with common assault had his case adjourned to Friday, October 18 at the Nuku’alofa Magistrate’s Court.
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Tuesday 8 October 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Vava‘u for running over her husband with her vehicle in Kameli in October last year. She is on bail for sentencing next month.
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Monday 7 October 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The case against 151 accused, including 147 students from Tupou College and four adults charged in relation to the violent attack on a home in Tofoa in July was adjourned to November 18-21.
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Wednesday 2 October 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fifita ‘Ofa (34) a mother who is charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of her 14-year-old daughter had her bail extended to appear on October 14, at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court.
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Tuesday 1 October 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Nuku'alofa magistrate has committed the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga Lord Tu’iha’ateiho for trial at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa, on a charge of possession of a firearm without a license.
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Monday 30 September 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The publisher and editor of a weekly newspaper Kele’a was ordered by the Chief Justice to pay a total of $5,000 fines for contempt of court, at the Supreme Court in Nuku‘alofa on September 26.
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Thursday 26 September 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The five men accused of kidnapping a father and son in Nuku’alofa in July, and taking a ransom, had their bail extended to appear at the Nuku’alofa Magistrate’s Court on Monday, September 30.
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Tuesday 24 September 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A jury today convicted a suspended Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Justice on the count of causing the death of a woman while driving under the influence of alcohol at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court. He was released on bail for sentencing on November 1.
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Tuesday 24 September 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Chief Justice has been forced to cancel a second session of Tonga’s Court of Appeal that was scheduled for October-November this year due to the loss of vital positions in the Supreme Court Registry in Nuku‘alofa.
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Monday 16 September 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 57-year-old former Police Inspector and the Officer in Charge of the ‘Eua Police Station has been jailed for one-year starting today, after he was convicted of fraudulent conversion of taking fuel intended for the police vehicle for his own use.
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Wednesday 11 September 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A jury trial of a suspended deputy secretary of the Ministry of Justice, who is charged with manslaughter after a traffic accident, began at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this week.
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Monday 9 September 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Supreme Court judge in Tonga, in jailing a tearful embezzler on September 6 said the crime had become commonplace in Tonga. “Embezzlement has to stop,” said Mr Justice Charles Cato, who warned stakeholders to address the problem before it was too late and companies would not operate in Tonga. “Corruption at any level or shape in Tonga needs to be wiped out,” he said.
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Thursday 5 September 2013
'Ohonua, 'Eua
Tevita Noa Finau a former bank teller at the Westpac Bank of Tonga in ‘Eua was sentenced to two-years imprisonment after pleading guilty to theft of over $18,000 pa’anga, on September 2.
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Thursday 5 September 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Three of five men accused of kidnapping a father and son in Nuku’alofa in July were released on strict bail conditions on Monday, September 2 at the Nuku'alofa Magistrate's Court.
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Tuesday 27 August 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tafolosa Bloomfield, a former Miss Heilala, was today remanded in custody for sentencing after a jury found her guilty of embezzling over $204,000 from her former employer, Forum Travel Ltd. while she was working as a travel consultant.
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Tuesday 27 August 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Fifita ‘Ofa (34) is the accused mother who is charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of her 14-year-old daughter was released on bail on Monday, August 26. She appeared with her brother who is similarly charged with manslaughter and another another woman who face abetment.
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