Results for Police and Crime

A police investigation continues into the suspected homicide of a shopkeeper at Halaleva. The body of Dao Zin He (31) has been released to his family who were arranging for his return to China.

The owner of a Chinese food Restaurant in Nuku'alofa was arrested and charged with the processing of sea-cucumbers without a license.

Five men, identified as Liahona ex-students, have been arrested and charged in connection with a school fight in Nuku‘alofa on March 6. Another eight suspects were to be arrested today, according to Tonga Police.

A Mu’a Community Police Station constructed at a cost of $976,353 pa'anga was opened by Prince Tungi on March 10 at Tatakamotonga.

A 45-year-old man from Navutoka died from decompression on March 5, while hookah diving at Kelefesia Island in Tongatapu. Another man has been charged with manslaughter by negligence in the diving fatality.

A 40-year-old man died early yesterday morning Wednesday March 5 after falling overboard during a boat collision at Nafanua Wharf in ‘Eua. Another man remains in hospital for minor injuries.

Tonga Police want to talk to a tattooed man who was wearing a Mickey Mouse t-shirt, and another man with a black sleeveless t-shirt and a black cap, who were seen in the By-Pass Road, Halaleva area of Nuku'alofa, on Thursday, February 20, around 9:00am -1:00pm, on the day of a brutal homicide.

No arrest has been made in relation to the death of Dao Zin He (31), the Chinese shopkeeper who died in a suspected homicide a week ago, on February 21.

Two men have been arrested and charged with murder in relation to a Chinese man, Mr Yi (44), who was found dead in his electronics shop on Railway Road, in June 2012.