SAULELI’A AMITUANA’I
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 32-year-old woman who stole a fine mat (afuelo) from another woman and then sold it to a Tongan individual for $300 to buy food for her children, and later on tried to bribe a public servant with $200 in an effort to falsely change the ownership of a vehicle for her...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The woman accused of stealing a special fine mat (afuelo) — used to cover coffins —from another woman and then selling it to a Tongan man for $300 to buy food for her children, has pled guilty.
The government charged Sauleli’a, also known as Li’a Amituana’i in two...

![DETAINED. Sauleli’a Amituana’i is heading to the Territorial Correctional Facility to serve her sentence after being convicted in two separate criminal cases — one for stealing a fine mat, the second for bribing a public servant. [photo by AF] Sauleli’a Amituana’i](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/saulelia_amituanai_0651.jpg?itok=8Z7U0seL)
