SPECIAL FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - Scoop Video, Includes previously unreleased footage: Scoop co-editor Selwyn Manning reports that Akilisi Pohiva, controversial leader of Tonga's pro-democracy movement and No. 1 People’s Representative to Parliament, has been arrested on charges relating to "Black Thursday" . Pohiva is the highest profile leader arrested so far in a sweep by Tongan authorities determined to display a state of control in the deeply divided Pacific Island state. But is this merely a strategy to fight off reformists who demand democracy?

KiwiFM Audio: The People's No.1 MP in Tonga, Akilisi Pohiva, has been arrested on sedition charges resulting from the arson attacks that destroyed NukuA'lofa in November.. Scoop's Selwyn Manning talks to KiwiFM's Wallace Chapman about what lies behind this arrest.

Scoop Video: Interview With Tonga's Most Controversial Man - Tonga's pro-democracy leader, Clive Edwards, is one of the island nation's most controversial figures. He's hated by Nobles, loathed by many, his views banned by Tongan authorities. In the wake of riots that tore through Tonga's capital Nuku'Alofa, where mobs ransacked and burned the town to destruction, Edwards called for the government to relent to pressure and open the parliament to an open and free election. Scoop here publishes an extended interview with the Tongan people's representative. Scoop Video Hated & Loathed, Scoop IV's Clive Edwards

Nuku'alofa (Scoop Media image)Pacific News: Tonga's Top People's Rep Arrested Over Nov 06 Riots - Akilisi Pohiva, controversial leader of Tonga's pro-democracy movement and No. 1 People’s Representative to Parliament, has been arrested on charges relating to 16/11 - “Black Thursday”. Pohiva is the highest profile leader arrested so far, accused of being one of the ringleaders of the riot that led to the burning of downtown Nuku’alofa on November 16, 2006. His friend and No. 2 People’s Representative, ‘Isileli Pulu, is still in police custody, charged with sedition. See... Tonga: Akilisi Pohiva Detained Over 16/11
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