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Tongan MP Pleads Not Guilty to Firearms Charge, Trial Delayed
30 November 2013
Radio New Zealand International (Shortwave)
The trial for the Deputy Speaker of Tonga's Parliament, Lord Tu'iha'ateiho, charged with possession of a firearm without a license, has been adjourned until next year.
Radio Tonga reports the accused and his legal counsel Kahu Afeaki appeared before Justice Charles Cato in the Supreme Court Friday morning and pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Lord Tu'iha'ateiho was charged in August 2010 and Justice Cato questioned why the trial took so long.
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