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【1月27日 AFP】仏領ポリネシアで、国家として承認されていない「共和国」の「王」を自称する男が23日、タヒチの裁判所から通貨偽造の罪で有罪判決を言い渡された。

アタナーズ・テリ(Athanase Teiri)被告(59)は定年退職した公務員で、自ら「パクモチュ(Pakumotu)共和国」の「タンギュイニ1世(Tanguini I)」と名乗っているという。

テリ被告は、ポリネシア内での通貨発行とその使用を規定しているフランスの法律に抵触したとみなされ有罪となった。この騒動では「パクモチュ国民」らが店で買い物した際に、被告の娘の1人が印刷したパクモチュ国の貨幣「パチュ」だと主張する紙切れを使って支払いを済ませようとしたことから裁判へと発展した。

しかし同被告は自らの「報道官」を通して、タヒチ裁判所の司法権は自分には及ばないと主張。「2010年6月2日、王はわが国の独立を宣言した。もはやフランスの支配下にない。他国から裁きを受ける筋合いはない」と述べた。同被告の支持者らは、自国の貨幣発行を断固継続するとしている。

フランスの海外地域であるポリネシアの当局は、「パクモチュ共和国」とその支持者らに対し徐々にいら立ちを募らせているが、一方で自称「パクモチュ国防衛相」はAFPの取材で、パクモチュ人は「自国領土」内では自由な行動が認められるべきと訴えている。(c)AFP

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Hau Repupirita Pakumotu (Self-proclaimed state, French Polynesia)

République Pakumotu, Pakumotu Republic

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History of Hau Repupirita Pakumotu

Hau Repupirita Pakumotu (Hau Pakumotu Republic) emerged in the

Polynesian media with an article published on 18 January 2010 by

Jeannot Rey in La Dépêche de Tahiti. The leaders of the organization say they have proclaimed the new republic on 11 November 2009 in Moorea and have officialized it on the marea (Maori sanctuary) of

Whalora, New Zealand. They claim to be "apolitic" and "serious" and

to manage "on their own w

Current status[edit]

As of February 2009, Tauatomo Mairau claims to be the heir to the Tahitian throne, and has attempted to re-assert the status of the monarchy in court. His claims are not recognized by France.[1][2] On 28 May 2009, Joinville Pōmare, an adopted member of the Pōmare family, declared himself King Pōmare XI, during a ceremony attended by descendants of leading chiefs but spurned by members of his own family. Other members of the family recognise his uncle, Léopold Pōmare, as heir to the throne.[3][4]

As of 2010, he has been recognized as the heir to the throne and bears the title Prince Marau of Tahiti. He is working to have royal trust lands returned to him and his family. The French government mortgaged the land after World War II, and in doing so violated the terms of the agreement signed with Pomare V in 1880 which reserved control of the trust lands for the royal family of Tahiti. The banks may be in the process of freezing the assets, and Mairau is suing to preven

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Jail sentence for Tahiti's self-styled Pakumotu king

Updated at 6:05 pm on 22 January 2014

A court in French Polynesia has given a six-month jail sentence to the king of the self-styled Pakumotu republic, Athanase Teiri, for intimidating and threatening senior officials.

This follows his arrest last month when police seized millions of his group's illegal patu currency at his home.

Teiri had at the time announced the new money's launch for the end of the year at a fixed exchange rate and sent a threatening letter to the head of the institute, which issues the Pacific franc.

Teiri's daughter, Mahina Teiri, has been given a suspended six-month prison sentence for defrauding the company which supplied the machines used to print the notes.

Last month, a woman belonging to his group was given a two-month jail sentence for trying to pay for petrol with a 100 patu note.

In 2012, Teiri was given a suspended prison sentence for producing illegal identity cards.

Teiri has been defying the French