The Tongan Police have identified the fugitive that allegedly held a young woman captive in a hut in a plantation in Puke for several days without giving her any food as Sione Teisina ‘Afa, 28, from Navutoka.
Kaniva News understands the woman was 20-year-old Tāpaita Fīnau of Vainī.
She managed
to free herself while in captivity and fled to neighbours for help.
She was taken to hospital where she received medical assitance before she was released.
After a month since Teisina was on the run on February 27 Police could not be able to locate him.
He was believed to have escaped the mainland, Tongatapu and was hiding in places in Vava’u Islands.
Police have warned that anyone found harbouring the fugitive will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
