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Lasike was first elected to the Tongan Legislative Assembly, as a representative of the nobility, in a by-election in 2005, following Lord Nuku's appointment to Cabinet.

In March 2006, he was charged with rape and indecent assault,[3][4] after an incident involving an employee of a hotel he part-owns, but was acquitted.

[9] In December, Chief Justice Michael Scott issued a new warrant for his arrest, finding that he had breached the conditions of his bail.

He had been granted permission to travel to Israel as part of a parliamentary delegation, but had instead flown to the United States, where he had reportedly got married.

[13] He was also criticised for having "abandoned" the delegation he was supposed to have led in Israel, thus jeopardising a mission said to be important for Tonga's diplomatic and economic relations with the country.