Ex-trustee re-indicted on perjury charges

By William Cole
Advertiser Courts Writer

Former Kamehameha Schools trustee Richard "Dickie" Wong was re-indicted on perjury charges yesterday, the fifth time the state has tried to prosecute a former trustee in connection with a 1995 Hawai'i Kai land deal.

Wong's lawyer, Eric Seitz, denounced the indictment, which repeats allegations that Wong lied to an O'ahu grand jury that later indicted him on theft charges related to the sale of land under the Kalele Kai condominium.

Deputy Attorney General Lawrence Goya said the allegations in yesterday's two-count perjury indictment are basically the same, but his office used a "different tack" in the kind of evidence presented to the grand jury.

Seitz called the new charges "vindictiveness."