Detainees who were in Cell 7 on the night Kali Fungavaka was in custody at the Nuku'alofa Central Police station said the accused civilian Semisi Kalisitane Manu punched the victim, causing him to fall hitting his head on the cement floor. Another witness heard the sound of a beating when Kali was brought into the station by the police officers, the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa heard this morning.
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Tuesday 22 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 17 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Kali Fungavaka died from blunt force head trauma, after suffering multiple injuries ranging from multiple skull fractures, subdural haemorrhage and bruising to his brain, neck trauma with bruises to other parts of his body, a New Zealand forensic pathologist's report revealed.
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Wednesday 16 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four former bank tellers who embezzled over $70,000 from the Westpac Bank of Tonga, were further remanded in custody for sentencing on Wednesday, April 23 after the judge heard submission from their counsel.
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Wednesday 16 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A policeman, appearing as a witness, told the court on Wednesday, April 15 he saw the accused Police Inspector Hala'ufia strangling Kali Fungavaka on the neck and pushing a torch onto his chest when he was inside the watch house, at the Nuku'alofa Police station.
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Tuesday 15 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A woman Police Constable on the fifth-day of trial into the death of New Zealand Police officer Kali Fungavaka, has told the court that one of the accused officers had attempted to punch Kali, while another held the top collar of his shirt and pushed his neck against the wall, when he was in custody at the Central Nuku'alofa Police station in the early morning of Saturday August 18, 2012.
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Monday 14 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first sitting of Tonga’s Court of Appeal which ended on Wednesday, April 9, in Nuku'alofa delivered judgments, that included reducing a 16-years sentence imposed on a man who sharpened his knife and stabbed his sleeping wife 23 times. The court replaced it with 10-years imprisonment with the final two-years suspended.
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Thursday 10 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A witness at the trial into the death of New Zealand Police officer Kali Fungavaka yesterday, April 9, told the court that she saw the victim being punched, and hit on the head with a long black object, while he was led by policemen on foot from Timeout Bar on the night of August 17, 2012 in central Nuku'alofa.
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Tuesday 8 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The trial of five accused policemen charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of New Zealand Police officer Kali Fungavaka began today, Tuesday, April 8 at the Supreme Court in Nuku’alofa. Kali died at Vaiola Hospital on August 23, 2012 after he was fatally injured while in police custody.
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Friday 4 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four former bank tellers who embezzled over $70,000 from the Westpac Bank of Tonga, were further remanded in custody today after their sentencing was adjourned to April 16.
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Monday 31 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's first Court of Appeal Session for 2014, to hear 15 appeals began at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court today, 31 March.
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Friday 28 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Patelesio Mafi (66) has been remanded in custody for a month, awaiting to be sentenced after he was convicted of attacking his nephew (39) with a machete at the family Ha’amoko Bakery in 2011.
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Thursday 27 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A husband who was convicted of manslaughter after stabbing his wife more then 20 times is among 15 appeal cases to be heard in Tonga's Court of Appeal 2014 Session next Monday, 31 March.
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Tuesday 25 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 66-year-old man is on trial in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court charged with attacking his nephew (39) with a machete, while trying to settle a dispute over an unpaid bill at the family bakery at Ma'ufanga on 15 February 2011.
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Monday 24 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tupou College student has been charged with attempted murder, in relation to a violent attack of a home at Tofoa last year, 2013.
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Thursday 20 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s Court of Appeal 2014 Session is set to be held from March 31 to April 11 in Nuku’alofa. Tonga's former Chief Justice Sir Gordon Ward will return as a new judge to join the Court of Appeal.
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Thursday 20 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The trial of five policemen charged with manslaughter in relation to death of New Zealand police officer Kali Fungavaka is now set to be held on April 8 to May 9, 2014.
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Thursday 20 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four former Westpac Bank of Tonga tellers will be sentenced on April 4 after three were found guilty this week of embezzling over $70,000 pa'anga on separate occasions. Another accused teller had earlier pleaded guilty to similar counts.
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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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Tuesday 18 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two men allegedly entered an elderly woman’s home at Pahu posing as police officers and told her they were searching for cannabis, the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court was told yesterday.
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Monday 17 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A former senior Tongan Immigration officer and a woman co-accused were jailed today in relation to the attempted forgery of two Tongan blank passports by a Supreme Court judge who said that corrupt scams goes the heart and impugn the integrity and security of Tonga’s passport regime and machinery of border control - which has the potential to bring Tonga into disrepute in the eyes of foreign countries.
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