TONGA: Long prison terms for 16/11 rioters

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Updated February 18, 2008 16:19:00

Some of the people found guilty of involvement in the rioting in 2006, which swept through the Tongan capital, Nukualofa, have received jail terms of between six months and eleven years. The online magazine Matangi Tonga reports that two men will serve eleven years in jail for their part in setting a supermarket on fire. The other four men and one woman received smaller sentences for crimes ranging from attending a riotous assembly, housebreaking, and damaging and destroying government and private property.

Presenter: Bruce Hill
Speakers: Matangi Tonga editor Pesi Fonua

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