As a result, he was refused entry to New Zealand in 2003 due to his involvement in the coup.
[1] Following the coup, he switched his allegiance to the Conservative Alliance, but failed to win re-election in the 2001 election.
[2] Shortly afterwards he was charged with taking an unlawful oath for purporting to join Speight's Cabinet,[3] and in 2004 he was convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment.
[4] He was granted early release for good behaviour in December 2005, having served half his sentence.
[6] In November 2007, Rinakama was one of ten people arrested and charged with conspiring to assassinate Fijian dictator Frank Bainimarama.