O'NAMAH ATTEMPTS TO ARREST CHIEF JUSTICE

Papua New Guinea's chief justice Sir Salamo Injia is hiding in his chambers after the deputy prime minister tried to have him arrested.

It is believed Sir Salamo has been negotiating with police from his chambers for more than two hours.

Police now seem prepared to interview him there rather than arrest him and take him to a police station, charge him with sedition and then release him on bail.

The ABC was able to speak to Sir Salamo a short time ago.

He says he has yet to decide whether he will partake in an interview with police.

He also says he fears for his safety and for democracy in PNG.

On Tuesday, deputy prime minister Beldan Namah warned Sir Salamo and two other judges they had to resign within 24 hours or they would be arrested and charged with sedition.

That followed the supreme court's decision on Monday that upheld an earlier ruling ordering Sir Michael Somare be reinstated as prime minister.

This afternoon Mr Namah carried through on his threats when he and a group of soldiers and policemen barged into Sir Salamo's court room and tried to arrest him.

Sir Salamo rushed out a back door and locked himself in his chambers.

Sir Salamo believes Mr Namah's actions in clearly directing police to arrest him shows the police are not independent, that they are not acting under the command of the police commissioner, but directly under the command of the deputy prime minister.

Outside court, Mr Namah denied his actions set a dangerous precedent for the country.

"I gave him 24 hours. Time has run out. That is it," he said.


ABC NEWS

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