A woman in Samoa holding a high ranking oratory matai title has been ordered to pay damages of more than 8,000 US dollars for defaming a village chief.
The woman orator, Unasa Faapupula, was the third defendant in the case.
They were accused of spreading slander in the village by alleging sexual relationship between a woman of the village and the plaintiff, Toala Tulouna Ropati.
But the court ruled that the claim against the first and the second defendants were not proven.