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Police, military 'beat up' Tongan riot suspects - 14 May 2007 - NZ Herald: World / International News
A nice piece of scare-mongering journalism ?
I think most people in Tonga agree with portions of this news release over at the NZ Herald.
A large number of Tongans arrested after last year's riots in the capital Nuku'alofa were beaten up by security forces, according to a report.
A community taskforce on human rights in Tonga has compiled what it called a comprehensive 77-page report which documented the treatment of people arrested and detained since the riots on November 16.
Unfortunately, they reference their source as "A community taskforce" which just happens to not have a name and scares any discerning person that this just might be a rehash of an old, discounted report from the beginning of the the "Riot Response" word fight between Government and Anti-Government people.
Other stories by the author gives us an outline of where their 'expertise' lies, and it doesn't seem like they have that much of an experience with the political, social problems in the Pacific or Tonga to be a good authority for such a piece of writing?
We'd all like for those involved with illegal activities to face their day in court, whether they be senior, junior, noble or peasant. But I'd sure as hell would like to know what value is there is sensationalising untested reports?
So, while the New Zealand Herald champions the cause of those who burned the town down, we are left with the understaffed Tonga Police to champion the cause of those unfortunate bystander businesses who were burned to a crisp, let alone the innocent employees that no longer have jobs or a livelihood.
Go figure the priorities of these people.
Edit.
We want the police and military people involved in illegal activities put away. We do not need that behaviour just as much as we do not need the anarchist, looting, arson of November 16th.
Of all 600+ people detained by the Police for questioning, we here the report only found 40+ willing to be surveyed? In such a small country as Tonga, you walk into two or three towns where the majority of people came from, and fall over 60+ people. This makes you wonder whethere there was a predetermined preselection process in 'picking' the surveyed people to make sure statistics scream out against the existing politburo (oops Government.)
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