[pima.nius] Re: Samoan leader in NZ says sadness over Field downfall

Who was this jury of six women and four men? How are they supposedly expert enough to judge?

The British Common Law and jury system New Zealand law is based on is corrupt and stupid.

Now, all the right wing racists across multiple blog-sites use the judgement of ten simple common people; who are not experts, aristocratic or extremely learned but able to act as a jury merely because they were randomly called up and had the time to take off work to do the service; to propell stupid arguments about "natives being corrupt," or "Pacific Islanders having different (lower) standards than white New Zealand."

The Thai Tiler was done a favour, given work and paid well. He also gained further work while in Samoa. Field got into trouble when he fell out with a lieing, cheating and angry New Zealander named Keith Williams. This is the legacy of that man and now Field has to pay. But hasn't he paid enough already after so long under a cloud, all the negative media reportage, a predeps hearing and finally this final trial??

If he gets more than Bruce Emery (who killed that little boy and got a pathetic four years) there is something wrong with this justice system.

 

 

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:10 PM, PIMA NIUS ROUTER <pimaniusrouter@gmail.com> wrote:

Samoan leader in NZ says sadness over Field downfall

Posted at 00:03 on 06 August, 2009 UTC

A Samoan leader in New Zealand says there is sadness in the Pacific community at the downfall of Taito Philip Field.

Field, the former associate Pacific Islands Affairs Minister, has been found guilty of 11 of 12 corruption and bribery charges, and 15 of 23 charges of obstructing justice, related to giving immigration favours in return for work on his properties.

The convictions make Field the first New Zealand politician to be found guilty of such charges.

But a former chair of the Samoan Advisory Council, Faamatuainu

Tino Pereira says this should not be held against the Pacific community and other Pacific MPs.

He says a lot of Pacific people are hurt that Field's career has come to this.

"When he came to parliament there was a lot of hope and a lot of aspirations lifted in terms of our community's dreams about living in this particular country. But we have to say that he did help, that he did advocate for Pacific communities, he did pursue their interests vigorously while he was in Parliament and he helped a lot of people. That's why he's still held in high regard by the Pacific community because of his work."

Tino Pereira says the Pacific community cannot resile from the court's verdict.

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