Luagalau Levaula Kamu
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Luagalau Levaula Kamu was a lawyer and Minister of Public Works in Samoa
, whose assassination shocked the Samoan and Pacific Islands community.
Having been trained as a lawyer in New Zealand, at Victoria and Auckland Universities, he served as a chairman of the Samoan Advisory Council in New Zealand, and had practised law in Samoa before entering parliament.
He was fatally shot during a social function celebrating the 20th anniversary of the ruling Human Rights Protection Party
. His assassin was a 34-year-old man, Eletise Leafa Vitale
, the son of Leafa Vitale
who had been the previous Minister of Public Works (and who had been dismissed from that position the preceding November by Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, following a scandal involving accusations of embezzlement of public funds). Involved in the plot was another politician, erstwhile Minister of Post and Telecommunications Toi Aukuso
.
His wife is Maiava Visekota Kamu-Peteru, a lawyer and former Member of Parliament.
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
, whose assassination shocked the Samoan and Pacific Islands community.
Having been trained as a lawyer in New Zealand, at Victoria and Auckland Universities, he served as a chairman of the Samoan Advisory Council in New Zealand, and had practised law in Samoa before entering parliament.
He was fatally shot during a social function celebrating the 20th anniversary of the ruling Human Rights Protection Party
Human Rights Protection Party
The Human Rights Protection Party is a Samoan political party. It has been the dominant party in Samoan politics since 1982.The party was co-founded in May 1979 by Va'ai Kolone and Tofilau Eti Alesana in opposition to the government of Tupuola Efi...
. His assassin was a 34-year-old man, Eletise Leafa Vitale
Eletise Leafa Vitale
Eletise Leafa Vitale is the son of Women's Affairs Minister Leafa Vitale who along with former Communications Minister Toi Aukuso conspired to assassinate the Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, the Chief Justice, the Minister of Justice, and New Zealand's High Commissioner to...
, the son of Leafa Vitale
Leafa Vitale
Leafa Vitale was a Minister of Works and Minister of Women's Affairs in Samoa, who along with Toi Aukuso, former Minister Minister of Post and Telecommunications, plotted the assassination of Samoan Minister of Public Works Luagalau Levaula Kamu in 1999....
who had been the previous Minister of Public Works (and who had been dismissed from that position the preceding November by Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, following a scandal involving accusations of embezzlement of public funds). Involved in the plot was another politician, erstwhile Minister of Post and Telecommunications Toi Aukuso
Toi Aukuso
Toi Aukuso Cain was a Samoan politician.He was elected Member of Parliament for the Faleata West constituency in 1979, and served for twenty years until his arrest...
.
His wife is Maiava Visekota Kamu-Peteru, a lawyer and former Member of Parliament.