Laki Niu is a Tongan judge and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.
[3] He was re-elected in 1990, but lost his seat in 1993 after splitting with ʻAkilisi Pōhiva over the formalisation of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement into a political party.
Niu was the longest serving President of the Tonga Law Society.
In that role, he was an advocate for an independent judiciary[6] and opposed corporal punishment and the death penalty.
[9] Following his departure journalist Kalafi Moala alleged that Niu's contract had initially been extended for another two years before abruptly being cancelled.