Consultant with ties to Tongan royal family wanted for arrest in SFO s iwi trust probe
22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Wanted consultant Soane Ramanlal was a business associate of the late Tongan King George Tupou V, pictured in Wellington during 2011. Photo / Mark Mitchell
A consultant with links to the Tongan royal family has a warrant out for his arrest after being charged in a Serious Fraud Office investigation but is believed to no longer be in New Zealand.
Soane Ramanlal was charged by the SFO alongside prominent business and Te Arawa leader Roger Pikia last November after an investigation spanning years.