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One lawyer granted visa to represent suspended Opposition MPs and two applications rejected

One lawyer for a suspended Opposition MP has been granted access to Nauru while another two visa applications by lawyers seeking to represent MPs Squire Jeremiah, Sprent Dabwido and Mathew Batsiua were rejected.
 
A visa application for lawyer Arthur Moses has been approved by the Department of Immigration.
 
The Department is anticipating but not yet in receipt of an application by Georgina Coleman who has reportedly been instructed by suspended MP Roland Kun to represent him in relation to pending criminal charges against him.
 
Applications from lawyers Jay Williams and David Lambourne were rejected by the Minister for Immigration and Border Control David Adeang on character grounds.
 
Mr Adeang said he had serious reservations concerning the character of both of these applicants and that this formed the basis of his decision to deny them entry visas to the country.
 
He said the Government supported the right of the Opposition MPs to have a fair trial with proper legal representation, but suggested they were playing political games by intentionally attempting to use lawyers that were certain to be rejected, in order to delay the proceedings.
 
"They seem to enjoy playing the victims and being featured in the foreign media, but there is a fair and independent judicial system in Nauru and they have access to potentially hundreds of lawyers who can represent them."
 
Mr Adeang said one of the lawyers whose application was rejected was previously observed to be intoxicated and in a vehicle hooning on the nation's airport runway prior to an arriving flight, and the other had reportedly engaged in conduct that was perceived at the time as interfering with the country's judicial system when he had worked in Nauru.
 
"I would not imagine that in this age of increased airport security, any country would allow someone who disrespected the law, put lives in danger and was in a car doing donuts on the airstrip while drunk, to return," the Minister explained.
 
He said the Government was keen to finalise these matters at the earliest possible time, but the matter was in the hands of the court.