Auckland man found dead in chair not given regular medication, Crown alleges
RICKY WILSON/Stuff Malia Unalotokipea Li is accused of failing to provide her disabled husband Lanitola Epenisa with food, water and medical help before he died, sitting in his own waste. Litia and her twin sister, who were 14-year-olds when Epenisa suffered his first strokes, helped their father to use the toilet and cleaned him, despite it being considered tapu (prohibited) to do so. “In Tongan culture we're not allowed to do that, because it's very disrespectful, but we chose to do it because there was no one else,” Litia said. Ryan Anderson/Stuff Crown prosecutor Jasper Rhodes claim...
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