Activism Kefu was active in
LGBTQ activism both in
Tonga and in the wider
Pacific region. In 2011, Kefu served as the Tonga representative for Moving Planet, an environmental association, and in 2012 he led an event for 350 Pacific. In 2012, Kefu was a delegate at the New Zealand Parliamentarians' Group on Population and Development in Wellington. In 2016, Kefu, alongside other members of the Tonga Leitis' Association, led a national consultation with Tongan leaders aimed at creating more legal protections for LGBTQ people in Tonga. In 2018, Kefu was elected president of the Tonga Leitis' Association, a non-governmental organisation advocating for Tonga's LGBTQ population, in addition providing support services and education on
HIV and
AIDS. He held the role until his death. In addition to his role with the Tonga Leitis' Association, Kefu also acted as chairman of the Pacific Protection Gender Inclusion Network, and as communications officer for the
Tonga Red Cross Society. In February 2021, Kefu coordinated the Tongan hub of
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association's Human Rights and Law Reform Virtual Symposium in
Suva,
Fiji.
Personal life Kefu was gender-nonconforming from a young age, and was "abused by his brothers for the way he dressed and his voice". The police declined to comment on speculation that Kefu's death constituted a hate crime. The social media campaign "#JusticeForPoli" called for urgent law reform, including the repeal of Tonga's Criminal Offences Act, which criminalised sodomy. On 2 September he pleaded guilty, and on 11 October he was given a life sentence for Kefu's murder by Tonga's Lord Chief Justice,
Michael Hargreaves Whitten, at the Nufuʻalofa Supreme Court. == Legacy ==