Apia, SAMOA \u2013 24 April 2026<\/strong>: Police have applied to the Court to accept the late Papalii Sia Figiel\u2019s affidavit as hearsay evidence in the case against Lisemarie Schmidt.<\/p>\nPapalii died at Tanumalala Prison in January this year and was the key witness for police.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Su\u2019a Leone Mailo applied to the court to consider Papali\u2019is affidavit admissible.<\/p>\n
The District Court Judge Papalii Rosela Alalatoa has given the defence two weeks to respond to the application and set a special fixture for hearing in August.<\/p>\n
The charges against Lisemarie<\/strong>
\nLise is charged with 19 charges which includes\u00a0fabrication of information, misleading information which led to the risk of investigating then Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa.<\/p>\nThe allegations were made in a letter Lise wrote to the Head of State and copied the Attorney General and the then Police Commissioner, Auapaau Logoitino Filipo.<\/p>\n
Police investigated the allegations and later charged Lise on the grounds that there was no proof of the allegations against Fiame.<\/p>\n
Lisemarie has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and the hearing was scheduled for November 2026.<\/p>\n
However, police application prompted the recalling of the matter today,<\/p>\n
Judge Papalii has adjourned the matter to next week Friday for the defence to submit their response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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