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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Kieran Pender

Kiribati constitutional crisis deepens as it detains Australian-born high court justice

Justice David Lambourne and Sir John Baptist Muri, in ceremonial red gowns and white wigs
Justice David Lambourne, pictured with Sir John Baptist Muri, former chief justice of the high court of Kiribati in 2019. The Kiribati government has now ordered Lambourne to be deported. Photograph: Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute

Kiribati is in the midst of a constitutional crisis after its government detained one of its most senior judges, Australian citizen David Lambourne, after a failed attempt to deport him.

Despite an order from the Kiribati court of appeal that Lambourne should not be removed from the country, police and immigration officials sought to forcibly deport him at Bonriki international airport on Thursday.

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