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Article: Lieutenant Governor and Territorial Senator for American Samoa Indicted for Public Corruption Charges
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- U.S. Newswire
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- September 10, 2007
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2008, +1-202-514-
1888 (TDD), http://www.usdoj.gov
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lieutenant
Governor Aitofele T.F. Sunia and Territorial Senator Tini Lam Yuen,
of the U.S. Territory of American Samoa, have been arrested on fraud,
bribery, and obstruction charges, Assistant Attorney General Alice S.
Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
Sunia, 64, and Lam Yuen, 56, both residents of American Samoa,
were charged today in a six count indictment returned by a federal
grand jury in the District of Columbia on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007,