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Program: PNG chief justice to face sedition charges in court
TONY EASTLEY: As he does most days Papua New Guinea's chief justice will be heading to court but today he'll be on the other side of the bench.
Sir Salamo Injia has been charged with sedition after a dramatic attempt was made yesterday to arrest him inside his own courtroom.
On Monday he and two other judges sitting in the Supreme Court upheld an earlier ruling that Sir Michael Somare be reinstated as prime minister, a move which incensed the government led by Peter O'Neill and had his deputy and police chasing down the judge.
PNG correspondent Liam Fox reports.
(Sound of man shouting)
LIAM FOX: That's the Deputy Prime Minister Belden Namah storming into the Supreme Court demanding the arrest of the chief justice Sir Salamo Injia.
With him was a group of soldiers and police who tried to apprehend Sir Salamo but he left through a back door and locked himself in his chambers.
Mr Namah says the