1 Feb 2017

Businessman in Samoa convicted on violence charges

7:43 am on 1 February 2017

A business man in Samoa has been found guilty of assaulting and causing bodily harm to another business man and his mother.

The trio got involved in a fight last January because the defendant, Zhujian Chen, was angry he had lost customers after the victims tipped bus drivers to take passengers to their shop.

Police said the defendant and a few others had met at the victims' residence where the fight took place after they had attended celebrations marking the Chinese New Year at the Chinese Ambassador's residence.

The criminal charges against two others accused over the same incident have been dismissed.

Chen will be sentenced next month.