{"id":7828,"date":"2025-06-03T10:44:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/?p=7828"},"modified":"2025-06-03T13:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T23:09:09","slug":"breaking-news-maui-police-detective-asks-attorney-general-if-he-is-liable-for-war-crimes-by-enforcing-american-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/breaking-news-maui-police-detective-asks-attorney-general-if-he-is-liable-for-war-crimes-by-enforcing-american-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Maui Police Detective asks Attorney General if He is Liable for War Crimes by Enforcing American Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HONOLULU, Hawaiian Kingdom\u2014Press release<\/a><\/strong> from the office of Edward Halealoha Ayau. Today, Attorney General Anne Lopez received a 10-page letter, with attachments, from Edward Halealoha Ayau who is the attorney representing Maui Police Detective Kamuela Lanakila Mawae. That letter addresses legal concerns regarding the status of Hawai\u2018i as an occupied State and potential war crimes being committed by law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Mawae and Patrolman Scott McCalister requested legal services<\/a><\/strong> regarding Hawai\u2018i\u2019s political status. They sought assurance that enforcing U.S. laws does not violate international law. On behalf of Mawae and McCalister, Chief John Pelletier formally requested legal services from Maui\u2019s Corporation Counsel. Corporation Counsel\u2019s response to Pelletier was evasive and did not address what was asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, a letter<\/a><\/strong> from Mawae and 36 other retired and active police officers urged Major General Kenneth Hara to establish a military government in Hawai\u2018i. \u200bThey expressed concern over the lack of transition to military governance, which could implicate officers in unlawful actions. In that letter they stated, \u201cIt is deeply troubling that the State of Hawaii has not been transitioned into a military government as mandated by international law. This failure of transition places current police officers on duty that they may be held accountable for unlawfully enforcing American laws. This very issue was brought to the attention of the Maui County Corporation Counsel by Maui Police Chief John Pelletier in 2022.\u201d Ayau noted that Hara did not perform his duty under international law and Army Regulations and consequently became the subject of the Hawaiian Royal Commission of Inquiry\u2019s War Criminal Report no. 24-0001 for the war crime by omission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayau\u2019s letter referred to former Senator Cross Makani Crabbe\u2019s request<\/a><\/strong> to the Attorney General dated September 19, 2024, for a legal opinion on Hawai\u2018i\u2019s status, emphasizing the need for clarity on its legality. \u200bCrabbe made the request because of his concern that he and other members of the Legislature were committing war crimes by enacting American laws. Crabbe stated in his request, \u201cAs a Senator that represents the 22nd district, I am very concerned by these allegations that the State of Hawai\u2018i, as a governing body, is not legal because the Hawaiian Kingdom continues to exist as an occupied State under international law.\u201d The Attorney General has not responded, which Ayau stated is now at eight months since the initial request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayau\u2019s letter references legal opinions from scholars asserting the Hawaiian Kingdom\u2019s continued existence under international law. \u200bIt highlights the absence of a treaty ceding Hawaiian sovereignty to the United States, questioning the legitimacy of U.S. claims to sovereignty over Hawai\u2018i and the impact it has on all law enforcement officers of the State of Hawai\u2018i and the four Counties. Ayau cites renowned expert and scholar, Professor William Schabas<\/a><\/strong> from Middlesex University London, who authored a legal opinion<\/a><\/strong> for the Royal Commission of Inquiry identifying war crimes being committed since January 17, 1893. One of those war crimes is the unlawful imposition of American laws and administrative measures within the territory of an occupied State, which is called the war crime of usurpation of sovereignty during military occupation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the letter, Ayau stated, \u201con behalf of my client, I am respectfully submitting to you a deadline by June 11, 2025, for you to make public the legal opinion, as formally requested by former Senator Crabbe, that clearly states, by citing sources of international law, i.e.<\/em> treaties, custom, general principles of law, and judicial decisions and scholarly writings, that the State of Hawai\u2018i is within the territory of the United States and not within the territory of the Kingdom.\u201d He also stated that if \u201cyou do not make public your legal opinion by this day, my client will be forced to comply with the law of occupation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn 1893, a political crime was committed by the United States against the Hawaiian Kingdom,\u201d said Ayau, \u201cand this led to the American theft of a country that was internationally recognized worldwide.\u201d He then stated, \u201cwe are repatriating our country according to the rules of international law so that this American occupation will come to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To download Ayau’s letter to the Attorney General go to this link<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Contact<\/strong>: Edward Halealoha Ayau, Esq.<\/em>
Attorney for Maui Detective Kamuela Lanakila Mawae
(808) 646-9015halealohahapai64@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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