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Claims by three Bangladeshi immigrant workers in Tonga, that they were mistreated have been disputed by a Nuku'alofa woman Siuni Lotaki, their caretaker and the Manager of the Pacific Group of Business Ltd, who brought the men to Tonga. The three workers told Matangi Tonga Online last week that they had been brought to Tonga on false promises and then treated like slaves, working long hours, were unpaid, locked up, and one of them was poked in the eye by their caretaker. Siuni said that the idea to set up tailoring and cafe business in Tonga was conceived by herself, her husband, Masod Ahamed Khan, and Mohammed Iftekhar Uddin in Australia. They brought in another Tongan shareholder, Sione Falemanu, who is Tonga's supervisor of prisons.

Three Bangladeshi nationals who arrived in Tonga last August after paying a businessman who promised them good jobs, higher salaries and a better life, had their dreams shattered when they found out the reality. The three told Matangi Tonga Online that they had run away from a Tongan employer who had beaten them and locked them up in her Nuku'alofa home, where they made roti and samosa to sell to schools, and occasionally sewed clothes, including police uniforms.

The 80th anniversary of Tonga's Queen Salote College was celebrated on March 13 with the laying of wreaths at the royal tomb of the late Queen Salote Tupou III at Mala...’ekula, in Nuku'alofa, followed by a feast and the cutting of a birthday cake. Photos by Linny Folau

It had to be the biggest party ever held in Nuku'alofa, when some 10,000 to 15,000 people including thousands of children, attended the UK reggae band UB40 concert at the Teufaiva Stadium last night, March 8.

The 'apo for the Tongan noble, the late Hon. Fakafanua, will be held this evening, the Tongan Prime Minister's office confirmed today.

THE funeral date for Hon. Fakafanua who died suddenly on Friday February 24 has yet to be confirmed but it will be held this week, according to the Prime Minister's office today.

The 'apo for the Tongan noble, the late Hon. 'Ahome'e (35), will include two nights of mourning in Nuku'alofa on Thursday February 23, and Friday February 24, the Tongan Prime Minister's office confirmed today.

A funeral service for US Peace Corps Volunteer Tessa Marie Horan (24) was held at the Free Wesleyan Centenary Church in Nuku'’alofa this afternoon, and attended by the Tongan Prime Minister . HRH Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata.

The heir to the 'Akau'ola title, 'Ahovaleamoemapa Faletau (38) on January 17 officially became the matapule 'Akau'’ola at a ceremony at his home on the island of Taunga in Vava'’u.