Matangi Tonga reports the accused had initially pleaded not guilty but changed their pleas at the start of the case.
It involved a forged Tongan birth certificate on a passport application in the name of a non-existent person, 'James Connor Tameifuna.'
A former civil servant 'Isileli Kaumavae had created the false birth certificate; another civil servant, Sosefo Sione 'Ahohako, who worked at the Magistrate's Court office, made a false declaration that he knew the person.
