Four persons and the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. who are each charged with manslaughter by negligence over the death of a young mother, Vae Fetu'u Taufa, in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika last year, pleaded not guilty at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on September 8.
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Wednesday 8 September 2010
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Monday 6 September 2010
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Four persons and the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. who are charged with manslaughter by negligence over the death of a young mother, Vae Fetu'u Taufa, in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika last year, will appear for the first time at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on Wednesday, September 8.

Monday 23 August 2010
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Mr Justice Shuster is currently the Acting Chief Justice of Tonga while a substantive new Chief Justice is anticipated to be in Tonga by mid September.

Wednesday 11 August 2010
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Lirong Liu, a Chinese national, pleaded not guilty to seven counts of trafficking persons into Tonga, keeping a brothel and trading in prostitution when he appeared at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this morning, August 11.

Monday 9 August 2010
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An application by Paul Karalus, Tonga's former Minister of Transport, for a judicial review of the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Sinking of the MV Princess Ashika was rejected by Chief Justice Anthony Ford in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today, August 9.

Friday 6 August 2010
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The Supreme Court of Tonga has approved the issuing of death certificates for 50 deceased whose lives were lost in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika ferry last August.

Friday 30 July 2010
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The Ashika trials have been set for September 8, 2010, at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.

Thursday 29 July 2010
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Sione Vaomotou (36) was acquitted by jurors on a murder charge but found guilty on a lesser charge of the manslaughter of his wife Fotu'aika Vaomotou (25).

Thursday 22 July 2010
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Sione Vaomotou (36) appeared at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court this week charged with the stabbing murder of his wife Fotu'aika Vaomotou at Ma'ufanga in May 2009, on the day before she was due to give evidence against him for assault. Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 20:28

Wednesday 21 July 2010
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Charged with manslaughter by negligence over the death of a young mother, Vae Fetu'u Taufa, in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika last year, four persons and the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. appeared before Magistrate Paula Tatafu at the Fasi Magistrate's Court this morning.

Thursday 15 July 2010
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The Tongan Court of Appeal's 2010 session ended in Nuku'alofa on Wednesday, July 14 with the delivery of judgements.

Wednesday 14 July 2010
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Two 17-year-old burglars who escaped from prison have been spared a sentence of six lashes each with a cat or a rod, imposed by a British judge in Tonga last year, after the Court of Appeal set aside the "cruel and unusual punishment", in a judgment released today.

Tuesday 6 July 2010
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The Tonga Court of Appeal 2010 Session began at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on July 5 and will run for two weeks, ending with the delivery of judgements on July 14.

Friday 2 July 2010
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A 63-year-old father from Fua'amotu was sentenced to seven years in Hu'atolitoli Prison for five counts of incest after he repeatedly committed indecent sexual acts on his own daughter, from 2006 to December 2009.

Tuesday 29 June 2010
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THE Tongan Court of Appeal 2010 Session, which begins next week July 5-14 will hear 17 appeal cases, including an appeal against lashing sentences imposed for theft convictions.

Tuesday 15 June 2010
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A 47-year-old man has been charged in Leimatu'a, Vava'u, with manslaughter by negligence relating to the death of an eight-year-old boy who was run over by his vehicle on June 9.

Tuesday 15 June 2010
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TONGA Police have charged a 39-year-old man for raping a 17-year-old girl in Tongatapu.

Friday 11 June 2010
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A 42-year-old Customs Officer Tevita Pati Kata was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for the importation and possession of 17.6 kilos of methamphetamine worth NZD$17-18 million, during the largest drug bust of this kind in Tonga, in September last year.

Wednesday 9 June 2010
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Two mothers received an immediate sentence of two and a half years imprisonment each on May 31, after fraudulently cashing around $4,700 out of a stolen cheque of $11,326 from their employer E. M. Jones Ltd, in order to cover up a shortage in sales.

Wednesday 9 June 2010
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Two men have been charged with armed robbery where two persons were held at gunpoint and robbed of their cash at Tu'imatamoana Wharf on May 29.
