Police and families are searching for a church minister and a man missing in Ha’apai this afternoon.

The details of the incident are still unknown.

Meanwhile, their families are asking for prayers on social media.

There is no update on Tonga Police Facebook page regarding the search mission.

In December last year a Free Wesleyan Church pastor in the island of Kotu in Ha’apai was found dead after he went fishing with one of his sons.