Cabinet Minister fired

No way back to Pohiva cabinet for sacked Tongan minister

She has been dumped after she and her husband Etuate Lavulavu were charged with using forged documents and obtaining credit by false pretences in relation to the Unuaki 'o Tonga Royal Institute that they had set up.

Ms Lavulavu was arrested five weeks ago and a spokesman for the prime minister, Lopeti Senituli, said the government had been waiting for her to voluntarily step aside.

He said Mr Pohiva would have returned her to Cabinet if she had stood down and then been found innocent.