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The father of Sonny Fai has asked for people to stop spreading false rumours that the lost Warriors star has been found, as it is cruel.
The circulation of hoax texts saying: "Praise God, Sonny Fai has been found alive," and several callers to a Radio Samoa talkback show claiming to have seen the 20-year-old - missing off West Auckland's Bethells Beach since January 4 - have hurt the Fai family.
