Child sex accused questioned_英文原版

the suspended solomon islands attorney general, julian moti, is being held in a police station on one of the country's outer islands after fleeing from papua new guinea in a pre-dawn military flight today.

mr moti, 41, who is wanted by australian authorities over alleged sex offences against a 13-year-old girl in vanuatu in 1997, landed at the the munda airfield in western province just after 4am aest.

police have detained him and are questioning him to clarify his immigration status, a spokesman has said.  mr moti's australian passport was cancelled by australian authorities as his extradition from png was sought.

royal solomons police have said mr moti was flown to the solomons on a png defence force plane.  png has said the flight took place without the knowledge of prime minister sir michael somare.

mr moti was accompanied on the flight by prime minister manasseh sogavare's nephew and political analyst, robson djoikovic, the associated press has reported.

mr moti was suspended from his appointment as solomons attorney general last week by the public service commission, in defiance of mr sogavare who has been angered by australia's pursuit of his friend and adviser.

mr sogavare is meeting with the solomons' immigration minister and the director of the immigration department to discuss the moti case, his office has said.

mr moti had been holed up in the solomons high commission in port moresby for more than a week to evade arrest and possible extradition to australia.

mr sogavare has accused canberra of pursuing mr moti for political purposes to prevent him taking up the attorney general position, a claim canberra has vehemently denied.

military flight

the federal government had expected the png government to ensure legal avenues were followed to detain and extradite mr moti and is likely to be angered by the fact that his departure was on a military flight.

the aircraft left immediately after landing, police and a solomon airlines agent have said.

sir michael's press secretary, his daughter betha somare, has said the pm knew nothing of the flight until alerted by news reports.

"we are trying to ascertain where the authority came from for the defence force to act, because the pm definitely had no idea about the attorney-general being flown out this morning," ms somare has said. "it does seem strange."

png's foreign secretary and defence chief have also said they were unaware of the flight. "if there was a flight i should know about it," png defence force chief of staff, captain tom ur, has said.

png's defence force commander peter ilau, currently in the solomons looking at the operations of the regional assistance mission to solomon islands (ramsi), has also denied any knowledge of the flight.

downer

australian foreign minister alexander downer has said this morning he has been told that mr moti is now being held in a solomons police station but it is unclear if he is under arrest.

"it's an enormous public statement to the region about the problems of governance in the region," mr downer has said.

mr downer has said solomons authorities will now have to agree to mr moti's extradition if he is to be brought to australia.

"he wasn't arrested there (png) and that's disappointing," he said earlier on abc radio.

mr downer has said australia does not tolerate child sex offences and the government will pursue mr moti.

"we will continue to lobby the solomon islands government to get this person handed over so he can face justice in australia.

"it might take a while, but rest assured, we won't be giving up at this time."

meawnhile the department of foreign affairs has raised its level of concern for australians in the solomon islands to the second highest alert level, after an increase in political unrest and crime there.

australians are being urged to reconsider their need to travel to the solomons while those in the pacific nation are warned to exercise extreme caution.