“We are not detained,” Talifilu hits back

THE former Malaita Alliance for Rural Advancement (MARA) Political Advisor, Celsius Talifilu, has hit back at journalist, Alfred Sasako, for reporting yet another false and misleading information about him and the former Malaita Premier, Daniel Suidani. In the latest publication, the journalist mentioned that Mr Talifilu and Mr Suidani were detained in Fiji when in…

Solomon Islands Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Training

Recently representatives of the Australian Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) travelled to Honiara, Solomon Islands, to deliver mutual legal assistance training.  Mutual legal assistance is the legal process used to obtain evidence from foreign countries for formal use in a criminal investigation or prosecution – an essential part of the toolkit for tackling transnational crime.  The training…

COUPLE ACQUITTED

DEPUTY Chief Magistrate yesterday acquitted a couple of stealing a substantial amount of money from their employer. Ricky Iomea found them not guilty of all the charges against them and acquitted them. Carman Qiusheng Liu and his wife Vivian Xi Tong had stood trial for two counts of Larceny by Clerk and one count of…