Results for Police and Crime

Three men have been charged with the murder of a 49-year old man early this morning Tuesday, 22 July in Afa in the eastern district of Tongatapu.

One of the five men charged with robbery at a home in Sopu on 11 June has been additionally charged with the rape and indecent assault of a woman occupant.

The Fiji Police have charged five Nauruan high school students with the murder of 22 year-old Tongan USP student Sione Tufui, who died on Saturday morning June 21, in a Suva hospital.

A 24-year-old man from Kahoua has been charged in relation to the death of a 20-year-old male passenger in a road crash at Tokomololo on Saturday evening, 14 June.

While Tonga's crime level remains about the same compared to last year, the number of common assaults and thefts has decreased, according to Tonga Police data on criminal offences that occurred between January and May this year 2014.

The Tonga Police are hunting four to five male suspects who broke into a home in Sopu early this morning and tied up the occupant, a woman in her 40's who was home alone. One of the men is alleged to have raped the woman during the robbery.

A Senior Police Constable ‘Amanaki Kisina (40) died in Neiafu, Vava’u from fish poisoning in the early morning of Saturday, May 24.

Paea Winston Helu (32) the man charged with the murder of a 19-year-old youth in Nuku’alofa on Sunday, May 11 remains in custody after appearing at the Nuku’alofa Magistrate’s Court today, May 20.

A 26-year-old man who was a suspect in a stabbing investigation in Nuku'alofa, has committed suicide, Tonga Police reported today. A woman who was stabbed is recovering in Vaiola Hospital.