Results for Police and Crime

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.

A 38-year-old security guard has been charged with the murder of a 27-year-old man from Malapo, in the Nuku’alofa CBD at the weekend.

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.