Tonga's TikTok Comancheros 'president' handed 12-year jail sentence

Key points

• A Tongan man deported from Australia has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for establishing a Comancheros outlaw motorcycle gang chapter in Tonga. Eneasi Taumoefolau was found guilty last month of participating in an organised criminal group.
• The sentencing judge said his conduct was a structural assault on Tongan society. Taumoefolau has protested his innocence and indicated he will appeal.
• The sentence will be served concurrently with a life sentence he is already serving for drug importation.