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Friday 23 August 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The six accused men facing manslaughter charges in relation to the death of New Zealand Police Officer Kali Fungavaka in custody, are to be tried in two separate trials starting early next year, 2014. Five accused policemen are to be first tried by a judge alone, before the civilian faces a jury trial, at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa.
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Wednesday 7 August 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A former Miss Heilala charged with embezzlement of $179,782 from her employer and theft of airline tickets worth nearly a quarter of a million pa'anga, maintained her not guilty plea yesterday, while a co-accused changed his plea and pleaded guilty to embezzlement, at the start of a jury trial.
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Monday 5 August 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Six accused including five policemen who are charged in relation to the death of New Zealand Police officer Kali Fungavaka entered not guilty pleas at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court. The setting of trial dates is now expected to be held on 5 September 2013.
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Monday 29 July 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A trial date for the Kali Fungavaka manslaughter charges is expected to be set next week at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa, when six accused appear for arraignment.
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Friday 12 July 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Supreme Court in Nuku‘alofa will hear three Causes of Action filed by John Cauchi, against the Government of Tonga on November 19-21, 2013. Cauchi, Tonga’s former Attorney General, is claiming over AUD$500,000 in special damages and relief.
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Friday 12 July 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A court order has suspended Tonga's Minister of Police, lawyer Siosifa Tu’utafaiva, from practising law for one year, following a recommendation of a disciplinary committee of the Tonga Law Society.
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Friday 5 July 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Supreme Court judge has committed three accused policemen for trial on manslaughter in relation to the death of New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavaka after they were initially released by a Magistrate in April. All six accused will now appear on August 5 for a trial date to be set, at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 27 June 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Chief Justice Hon. Michael Dishington Scott, in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on 26 June, deferred his decision on the second of three declarations sought by a member of parliament, Sione Taione, who is calling for a judicial review of Cabinet decisions, and rejected the other two declarations.
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Tuesday 25 June 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Supreme Court will rule on July 5, on the Crown's appeal against the dropping of manslaughter charges against three policemen who were charged in relation to the death of New Zealand policeman Kali Fungavaka.
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Monday 24 June 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Crown's appeal against the dropping of manslaughter charges against three policemen, who had been charged in relation to the death of New Zealand policeman Kali Fungavaka, is being heard this week in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court, before Mr Justice Charles Cato.
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Monday 24 June 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Preliminary Inquiry into the death of 'Inoke Pepa (20), alleged to have been caused by two police officers, is expected to continue on September 24, when post-mortem evidence will be presented..
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Tuesday 18 June 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The family of New Zealand Police officer Kali Fungavaka who died last year after he was fatally injured in a prison cell in Nuku'alofa is expected to sue the Government of Tonga and demand an apology, according to reports from Auckland.
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Friday 14 June 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A letter writer to the Kele'a and the newspaper, along with its publisher and editor, were ordered to pay a total of $249,442 in damages and costs in a civil defamation case that was brought by the Tongan Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano and six Cabinet Ministers, including the Minister of Justice Hon. Clive Edwards.
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Thursday 6 June 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Crown prosecutors allege that an assault on 'Inoke Pepa (20) by two police officers led to the young man's death early on 16 November 2012, at Vaini, Tongatapu.
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Tuesday 4 June 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Government payouts amounting to over $3 million pa'anga to three royal estate holders are being challenged by Sione Taione, a People's Representative to the Tonga Legislative Assembly, who filed an application with the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on 29 May for a Judicial Review.
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Monday 27 May 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
John Cauchi, Tonga's former Attorney General, has filed three Causes of Action against the Government of Tonga with the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court claiming over AUD$500,000 in special damages and relief for Breach of Contract, Repudiation of Contract and Constructive Dismissal.
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Sunday 19 May 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Chief Justice has refused an application by a former Prime Minister Lord Sevele and a former Minister of Transport Paul Karalus, for a judicial review of a report of a special parliamentary committee, because he did not find that the Supreme Court had any jurisdiction to review the internal proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga. The applicants were claiming that their reputations were damaged by a report of the parliamentary committee.
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Thursday 16 May 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two policemen and another man who are accused of the manslaughter of a New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavaka, who died from injuries received in police custody in 2012, made their first appearance at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa before Mr Justice Charles Cato this morning, who will hear two appeals on June 24 before a trial date is set.
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Wednesday 1 May 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Nuku'alofa Magistrate has ruled there was no case to answer in accusations made against Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano, the Minister of Justice Hon Clive Edwards, and a Tongan company Tongasat, headed by HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita, who appeared before the court last week.
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Saturday 27 April 2013
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An appeal by an American couple who were not granted the adoption of a six-year Tongan boy last year but were granted the adoption of his one-year-old half sister was dismissed by Tonga's Appeal Court on April 17. The female child is now living in the United States, while the boy remains in Tonga with the natural mother and grandmother.
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