TONGA: New party wants MPs investigated over village payment

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Updated February 20, 2008 09:22:26

Tonga's pro-democracy movement leader has defended his group against charges of vote buying. The accusations have been made by the newly-formed Langafonua Tu'uloa Party, which has written to Tonga's attorney-general demanding an investigation of a donation of $A1,700 made by pro-democracy MPs to a kava club in a village on Tongatapu. But pro-democracy movement leader Akilisi Pohiva says they haven't got their facts straight.

Presenter: Bruce Hill
Speakers: Langafonua Tu'uloa Party leader, Sinone Fonua

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