Hawaiian Citizen a Political Prisoner

Received this press release from Leon Siu earlier this week regarding the arrest and incarceration of a Hawaiian Kingdom national over his refusal to pay taxes to the U.S. "because he was foreign to their jurisdiction and working and residing in his own country."

Hawaiian Citizen a Political Prisoner of
The STATE OF HAWAII

In another gross miscarriage of justice by the STATE OF HAWAII, our dear friend, compatriot, kupuna and citizen of the Hawaiian Kingdom, John Philip "Pilipo" Souza was arrested and put in jail this past June 28. He was not convicted of a crime. In fact his trial had not even started. His incarceration is part of the state's latest bullying tactic alleging tax fraud as a premise to persecute and prosecute Pilipo.

In state court on June 28, the judge, Mike Wilson admitted that he (the judge) was addressing John Philip Souza, the living soul, as opposed to the corporate fiction, JOHN PHILIP SOUZA, the entity that is actually charged with the crime. Upon hearing this distinction from the mouth of Judge Wilson, Pilipo, concluded that the charges were not against him, John Philip Souza, the living soul, but against the fictitious person. Therefore, he started to leave the courtroom. Wilson immediately ordered Pilipo arrested and put in jail.

By throwing him in jail, the state is trying to intimidate Pilipo into compliance with their system. Pilipo rightfully contends that as a God-fearing, law-abiding citizen, living within the boundaries of the Hawaiian Kingdom (his native land), he is not required to pay taxes to the de facto STATE OF HAWAII, a corporate entity that has no lawful jurisdiction over the Hawaiian Kingdom or Hawaiian Nationals like Pilipo. For the same reasons, Pilipo insists that the courts of the STATE OF HAWAII are fundamentally flawed and thus, have no lawful basis to impose any of their laws, their regulations or their procedures on him.

In 1996, like many of us, Pilipo reclaimed his citizenship to the Hawaiian Kingdom, the country of his birth. He dutifully gave legal notice to the various FEDERAL U.S. and STATE OF HAWAII agencies clearly informing them of this significant change of his citizenship status.

Pilipo then requested his employer (in essence, a surrogate tax collector for the FEDERAL/STATE) to cease withholding FEDERAL U.S. and STATE OF HAWAII taxes from his pay because he was foreign to their jurisdiction and working and residing in his own country. Against the expressed wishes of Pilipo, his employer, not wanting to stick its neck out with the IRS or State Tax Collector, kept on withholding the taxes.

When Pilipo retired last year, he filed an amended tax return to reclaim the money that had been illegally withheld from him. The state tax bureau complied and returned that money to Pilipo. A short time later, however, the STATE filed criminal charges against Pilipo for reclaiming his money, calling it tax fraud.

From the beginning of this case, Pilipo has refused the court’s attempts to characterize him as a U.S. citizen (i.e. tax-slave with an ALL-CAPS-NAME). Pilipo has refused to accede to the jurisdiction of the STATE OF HAWAII, its agencies and its courts because they have not shown him that they possess lawful jurisdiction over him.

Throughout this case, the court has avoided, dismissed, rejected and otherwise refused to respond to any of Pilipo’s legal filings that demand the state court, attorney general’s office, and police prove that they possess lawful jurisdiction over John Philip Souza, the living soul and citizen of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

In order for a court action to proceed, the court must first establish that it has the lawful, jurisdictional authority to hear the case. This is particularly crucial for cases involving foreign nationals.

In Pilipo’s case, the STATE OF HAWAII court failed to present proof that it has lawful jurisdiction. Actually, they did not even make an attempt. In all honesty, the STATE OF HAWAII cannot produce such proof because, as the end product of a defective line of succession stemming from the illegal coup d’etat of 1893, the STATE OF HAWAII is a fictitious entity, a sham, having no basis in law.

Since it cannot prove it has lawful jurisdiction over the Hawaiian Islands or Hawaiian Nationals, the court arrogantly avoids and ignores any question of jurisdiction and resorts to deception and bullying tactics. They do this even if they have to bend the laws or create new ones or lie and cheat or, as in Pilipo’s and many other cases, resort to invasion and kidnapping across national boundaries.

As of this writing, Pilipo is still being detained in OCCC waiting for an August 3 trial date. He is steadfastly standing on his faith in Jesus Christ and on his principles. Though the state has offered him several “deals” in exchange for his release, Pilipo has declined them because the “deals” all require that Pilipo acquiesce to the state’s jurisdiction.

The sham court of the sham STATE OF HAWAII has failed to address the question of lawful jurisdiction, the basic component required to mount any legitimate court action.

Of course the state has a lot to lose. If the STATE OF HAWAII were to admit it has no lawful jurisdiction in the Hawaiian Kingdom, then it cannot levy taxes in the Hawaiian Kingdom; it cannot arrest and prosecute a Hawaiian Kingdom citizen for not paying STATE OF HAWAII taxes; it cannot lawfully put a Hawaiian Kingdom citizen on trial; and it certainly cannot imprison the Hawaiian National, John Philip Souza. Doing so violates Hawaiian Kingdom law, international law and even the laws of the de facto STATE OF HAWAII and the UNITED STATES. The ramifications and culpability are staggering and apparently too great for the STATE OF HAWAII and the UNITED STATES to be willing to risk. It would mark the end of the U.S. occupation of Hawaii.

The trouble is that neither the STATE OF HAWAII (a puppet government of the FEDERAL UNITED STATES) nor the UNITED STATES have any compunction regarding breaking laws if it serves to continue their occupation, domination and exploitation of the Hawaiian Islands. As long as there is no one to hold them accountable, they will continue to behave like the arrogant, self-serving, greedy punks that they are.

— Leon Siu

July 4, 2004

Posted: Fri - July 9, 2004 at 12:34 PM

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