{"id":6309,"date":"2021-05-26T00:32:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T11:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309"},"modified":"2021-05-26T00:32:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T11:32:31","slug":"fast-mps-plead-not-guilty-to-bribery-treating-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309","title":{"rendered":"FAST MPs Plead Not Guilty to Bribery &#038; Treating Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5244\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5244\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5244\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/talamua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/court.jpg?resize=740%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"court\" width=\"740\" height=\"428\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Samoa&#8217;s court house, Mulinu&#8217;u.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Lagi Keresoma<\/p>\n<p><strong>APIA, SAMOA \u2013 26 MAY 2021:<\/strong> Four Members of Parliament of the Faatuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi &#8211; FAST party have pleaded\u00a0 not guilty to the charges of bribery and treating relating to last month\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n<p>All four MP\u2019s including FAST Leader, Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Deputy Leader, Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao, Toesulusulu Cedric Schuster and Leatinuu Wayne Fong appeared in Court yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Their not guilty pleas were entered through their lawyer Muriel Lui and noted by Judge Talasa Atoa Saaga of the District Court.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth defendant is\u00a0Laumatiamanu Ringo Purcell who also entered a not guilty plea.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant is a police officer Elikapo Pegi who is represented by former Attorney General, Aumua Ming Leung Wai in the matter against Fiame, Laauli and Cedric.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Leinafo Taimalelagi is representing Pegi in the matter against Leatinu\u2019u while Leiataualesa Jerry Brunt is representing Pegi in the matter against Fiu.<\/p>\n<p>All matters are scheduled for hearing in September and October 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA \u2013 26 MAY 2021: Four Members of Parliament of the Faatuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi &#8211; FAST party have pleaded\u00a0 not guilty to the charges of bribery and treating relating to last month\u2019s general election. All four MP\u2019s including FAST Leader, Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Deputy Leader, Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[182,177,188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-court","category-latest","category-law-order"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FAST MPs Plead Not Guilty to Bribery &amp; Treating Charges - Talamua Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FAST MPs Plead Not Guilty to Bribery &amp; Treating Charges - Talamua Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA \u2013 26 MAY 2021: Four Members of Parliament of the Faatuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi &#8211; FAST party have pleaded\u00a0 not guilty to the charges of bribery and treating relating to last month\u2019s general election. All four MP\u2019s including FAST Leader, Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Deputy Leader, Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Talamua Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-25T11:32:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lagi Keresoma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lagi Keresoma\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lagi Keresoma\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/00fcb385682986ec4474da283aca0a0a\"},\"headline\":\"FAST MPs Plead Not Guilty to Bribery &#038; Treating Charges\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-25T11:32:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309\"},\"wordCount\":185,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Court\",\"Latest\",\"Law &amp; Order\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309\",\"name\":\"FAST MPs Plead Not Guilty to Bribery & Treating Charges - Talamua Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-25T11:32:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/00fcb385682986ec4474da283aca0a0a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?p=6309#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FAST MPs Plead Not Guilty to Bribery &#038; Treating Charges\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Talamua Online\",\"description\":\"&#039;Talamua&#039; in english means the &#039;First Word&#039;\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/00fcb385682986ec4474da283aca0a0a\",\"name\":\"Lagi Keresoma\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/talamua.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/Lagi-Keresoma.png?resize=96%2C96&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/talamua.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/Lagi-Keresoma.png?resize=96%2C96&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/talamua.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/Lagi-Keresoma.png?resize=96%2C96&ssl=1\",\"caption\":\"Lagi Keresoma\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/talamua.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FAST MPs Plead Not Guilty to Bribery & Treating Charges - Talamua Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FAST MPs Plead Not Guilty to Bribery & Treating Charges - Talamua Online","og_description":"By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA \u2013 26 MAY 2021: Four Members of Parliament of the Faatuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi &#8211; FAST party have pleaded\u00a0 not guilty to the charges of bribery and treating relating to last month\u2019s general election. All four MP\u2019s including FAST Leader, Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Deputy Leader, Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309","og_site_name":"Talamua Online","article_published_time":"2021-05-25T11:32:31+00:00","author":"Lagi Keresoma","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lagi Keresoma","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309"},"author":{"name":"Lagi Keresoma","@id":"http:\/\/talamua.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00fcb385682986ec4474da283aca0a0a"},"headline":"FAST MPs Plead Not Guilty to Bribery &#038; Treating Charges","datePublished":"2021-05-25T11:32:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309"},"wordCount":185,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Court","Latest","Law &amp; Order"],"inLanguage":"en-NZ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309","url":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309","name":"FAST MPs Plead Not Guilty to Bribery & Treating Charges - Talamua Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/talamua.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2021-05-25T11:32:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/talamua.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00fcb385682986ec4474da283aca0a0a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-NZ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-NZ","@id":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=6309#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FAST MPs Plead Not Guilty to Bribery &#038; Treating Charges"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/talamua.com\/#website","url":"http:\/\/talamua.com\/","name":"Talamua Online","description":"&#039;Talamua&#039; in english means the &#039;First Word&#039;","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/talamua.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-NZ"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/talamua.com\/#\/schema\/person\/00fcb385682986ec4474da283aca0a0a","name":"Lagi Keresoma","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-NZ","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/talamua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lagi-Keresoma.png?resize=96%2C96&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/talamua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lagi-Keresoma.png?resize=96%2C96&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/talamua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lagi-Keresoma.png?resize=96%2C96&ssl=1","caption":"Lagi Keresoma"},"url":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?author=2"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdAiL5-1DL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}