Tongan democracy campaigner taken into custody

Veteran Tongan democracy campaigner Akilisi Pohiva was seized last night by the kingdom's police and taken into custody, his family said.

His son Po'oi Pohiva and a democracy campaigner in next month's general elections, Isi Pulu, were also held.

Last month, Pohiva published claims that King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV had a secret offshore bank account containing at least $US350 million ($848 million).