Tears stream down Sauni Seleni’s​ face as he describes the impact on him and his family of being branded a “criminal”. An unknown person fraudulently used Seleni’s name during a traffic stop in 2007 – 14 years later, he’s still suffering the consequences. Chris McKeen/Stuff Sauni Seleni's record on the police database contained wrong information. “There should be some scrutiny – some system and process in place to check how credible this information is,” Seleni says. “Was that person saying my name and police thought, ‘OK, you look like a Pacific Islander and that name suits you’?

Source: Stuff April 30, 2021 17:03 UTC