Kiribati: suspended Aust-born judge can't be deported

A Kiribati court has ruled that a High Court judge in the Pacific Island nation who has been suspended by the president cannot be deported to Australia where he was born until parliament considers the findings of a tribunal examining a complaint against him.

The attempted deportation two years ago of David Lambourne, a judge who is married to Kiribati's opposition party leader, sparked a judicial crisis in the Pacific Island nation in a case closely watched by the United Nations and international legal groups.