Sacking of the former TCC boss was unlawful Featured
Rizvi Jurangpathy former TCC CEO
1 January 2019. The sacking of the former head of the Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC) was unfair, the Supreme Court of Tonga has ruled.
Rizvi Jurangpathy's contract with the state-owned telecommunications company TCC was terminated in April of 2017.
The Court awarded Mr. Jurangpathy $US70,000 for damages and loss of income.
The Lord Chief Justice M H Whitten said the corporation failed to act fairly or reasonably towards Mr Jurangpathy before making their decision.
The trial exposed serious incompetency by the TCC Board, and in particular a subcommittee assigned to carry out an investigation into allegations against Mr Jurangpathy.
The judge said the committee members resorted to "yelling, intimidation and belittling" of the plaintiff, threatening at one point to throw him out a window.
The case also revealed the political pressure for Mr. Jurangpathy to resign, coming from the MP Mateni Tapueluelu, the son-in-law of the then prime minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva.
- RNZI
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Ko e 'atunga ee fakapolitikale'i e ngaue kuo iku taamo'ua e Pule'anga ia ko'eni he ngaue kovi 'a e Pule'anga ki mu'a. Mou 'ofa mai aa kau Politikale ka oku ikai kemou ilo hoo mou ngaue totonu ke fai pea mou fakafisi mo e mole pa'anga e Fonua. Ko Mateni na'e Minisita Polisi mo Kasitomu, kuo kakapa atu o kaaimumu'a he me'a 'a e TCC oku i he malumalu ia o e Ministry of Public Enterprises. Ikai toe ha me'a ho'o kakapa holo ai Mateni, pea sai ho'o mou hu ki tu'a he na ke mei tuli 'e koe ha fa'ahinga taha pe ia i ha launganoa'ia ha'o kaungatangata pe ko ha'o kau inukava.