Ifalame Siale (51) is the man who was found dead at a bush allotment in Pelehake on Saturday afternoon, September 29.
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Tuesday 2 October 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Monday 1 October 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 51-year-old man was found dead at a bush allotment in Pelehake on Saturday afternoon, September 29.

Monday 1 October 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 70-year-old woman was found to have passed away at her home where she lived alone in Hoi on Sunday, September 30.

Monday 1 October 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A search has been called off for Mikaele Moata'ane (34) who went missing after he went out diving at Tu’aliku in Lapaha on Saturday, September 22.

Thursday 27 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 44-year-old woman from Mataika was hospitalized with serious injuries after her vehicle, which was parked on the side of Taufa‘ahau Road in the Nuku'alofa CBD, was hit by another vehicle earlier this week

Tuesday 25 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A total of 2665 cannabis plants were uprooted and seized from a bush allotment in Mataika, Vava’u on Monday, September 24 making it Tonga’s largest cannabis bust to date.

Tuesday 25 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twenty-nine cannabis plants were seized from a bush allotment in Houma, Tongatapu on Monday, September 24.

Monday 24 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ninety-six packets of cannabis and cash were seized in the arrest of 10 people in Malapo, eastern Tongatapu on Saturday, September 22.

Monday 24 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 34-year-old man remains missing after he went out diving at Tu’aliku in Lapaha on Saturday, September 22. A search continues.

Friday 21 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A woman driver sustained injuries when her car crashed into a wall at ‘Apifo’ou College on Vuna Road, at around 5:00pm this afternoon, September 21.

Friday 21 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 35-year-old Tonga Police Officer has been suspended after entering a house without permission in Pelehake on Monday, September 17.

Wednesday 19 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A group of 28 Tonga Police recruits completed a program considering human rights and gender issues, delivered by the Women and Children Crisis Centre on September 14.

Tuesday 18 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 27-year-old male taxi driver who was arrested for stealing a 79-year-old Australian visitor's purse on September 10 at an accommodation in Nuku’alofa, was allegedly found with six small packets of methamphetamine.

Tuesday 18 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Vitalini Liku’ohihifo (29) is the driver charged in relation to the death of Piukala Laumanu (52) whom he allegedly hit with his vehicle early Saturday morning, September 8, at Nualei.

Friday 14 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tevita L. Faiva (30) from Halaleva, Tongatapu is the man who died on Tuesday afternoon, September 11 after collapsing on the side of a road in Ha’afeva, Ha'apai, reportedly from a heart attack.

Friday 14 September 2018
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San Mateo, California
Police in California are urging anyone who may have been victimized by a 62-year-old man Latu Kamisese Lavaki (originally from Tonga) to contact law enforcement. The San Mateo County Sherriff’s Office, in the US, released a media statement on Wednesday, calling Lavaki a “prolific sexual predator”.

Thursday 13 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police are investigating a report from Tonga Side School in Nuku’alofa, after young students saw two men with a firearm outside the school compound on Tuesday, September 11.

Thursday 13 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 30-year-old man from Halaleva died on Tuesday afternoon, September 11 after collapsing on the side of a road in Ha’afeva, reportedly from a heart attack

Wednesday 12 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Te'ekiu youth, Solini Lauhingoa (17) has remained missing, since his family reported him missing to Tonga Police on July 18 this year. The family are still looking for any information that might help to locate him.

Wednesday 12 September 2018
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Canberra, Australia
A prison survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that in December 2017 there were 57 Tongan-born prisoners serving time in Australian prisons. The official Government survey does not record ethnicity, except for that of Australian Aborigines.
