Over $US342,000 unaccounted for in Tonga NRL funds Featured
Tongan fans during the rugby league test against New Zealand at Mount Smart Stadium
19 September, 2019. The divisive split around the Mate Ma'a Tonga Rugby League team seems to be about money and mismanagement.
The Tonga National Rugby League has issued a statement that over $US342,000 was spent from an offshore account for the 2017/2018 financial years without any report.
This was confirmed by auditors Kingdom Accounting Solutions that did work on the TNRL financials between 2012 and 2018.
These were the years in which the former board was accused of financial mismanagement were taken to court.
Acting Prime Minister Semisi Sika headed the old regime.
Unable to produce an audited report, the old board was dismantled under court order and a new board was formed.
When a public spat recently broke out between the TNRL and some players, it appeared to surround the team's disappointment that the board had dismissed coach Kristian Woolf without consultation.
However our correspondent said the real issue seemed to have been around disagreements in handling finances.
Members of the old board have made things complicated by their support of the players, urging them to boycott Mate Ma'a Tonga's upcoming games against Great Britain and Australia.
- RNZI
4 comments
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Is there an honest man in Tonga? It appears integrity is a commodity that is hard to find across the country. I can sell you those in truck loads, cheap.
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Kole atu ki he Poate ke fili ha kau va'inga tenau omi pe 'o va'inga oua toe fiekakau hono fakalele 'o e Poate liiki. Oku nau faka'ii pea fiepopoto. 'Ai homou poto kau va'inga 'o feinga'i ketau ipu, ko e me'a pe ia kemou lea ai mo e fakapiko. Fakamonu atu ki he Poate fo'ou mo e ngaue 'osikiavelenga hono fakatotolo'i e pa'anga koena. Mou tu'uma'u.
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CORRUPTION, EMBEZZLEMENT, DEFRAUD, STEALING, ROB, RIPOFF...fits to describe Tongan leadership behaviors concerning finances and funds belonging to sports organzations. Misused Rugby Union, cricket, rugby league, and Tongan athletes funds competing in South Pacific Games, it's the same sad story. FUNDS ARE MISSING...
High-level names such as the late PM Akilisi Pohiva (2% levies on Remittances to pay for South Pacific Games which was cancelled; $14 million gold course; multiple cancelled international rugby games planned for Teufaiva Stadium but funds are missing); Deputy PM Semisi Sika and parasites by nepotism Piveni Piukala, Tu'i Uata, Siaosi Pohiva and many others are playing with public funds as if it's their own money.
FOLLOW THE MONEY TRAIL...there lies the power they seek. -
Mea faka'ulia koe fu'u pa'anga e ... Kataki pe koe pa'anga 'eni mei fe'ia he koe tokoni 'a e IRL ki he League a Tonga koe pa'anga pe e 25000 AUD ki he ta'u..
Kuo mahino ko e account offshore ko'eni oku 'ikai access kiai e kau va'inga , faiako moe kau tokoni 'o e timi MMT na'a nau fai e feinga ke ma'u ha seniti ki he ngaahi feinga tau 'a e MMT
.. Kae sai ke tau lue atu pe he oku mahino koe seniti oku tupu ai e longoa'a . Kimu'a he 2017 ne ha'u pe fanau va'inga o vainga pea nau 'alu ka 'i he hili e 2017 ne mahino ne nau loto ke teke'i e maa'imoa ki he taupotu taha pea te nau nofo 'o hoko atu pea ne ma'u ai e ngaahi tesi fakavaha'a Pule'anga 'o e ta'u kuo hili. Ne feinga foki e faiako 'o ma'u ha ni'ihi taukei ke nau fai hono kumi ha Sponsor ma'ae timi kae hoko atu e fua fatongia.. Oku ngali lahi e silini ia ka koe fakamole ki hono alea'i 'o e vainga a e MMT moe ngaahi me'a pehe oku mahino oku fakamole aupito pe ia pea oku ou tui koe fakamole ia oku uhinga kiai e Komiti Foou ko'eni.