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Dr Thomson Fontaine, a former senator with Dominica\u2019s opposition United Workers Party (UWP), was arrested when he arrived at the country\u2019s Melville Hall Airport on Sunday morning.<\/p>

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Fontaine, a former IMF economist who, for the past four years, has been employed as Economic and International Policy Adviser to the government of South Sudan, Africa, was arrested by the police who were executing a bench warrant issued for his arrest in 2018.<\/p>\n

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The warrant stems from Fontaine\u2019s absence for two court appearances in 2018 after obstruction charges were brought against him, along with opposition leader Lennox Linton, Joshua Francis and Joseph Isaac.<\/p>

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The obstruction charges were subsequently adjourned sine die and another hearing against Linton and Fontaine was scheduled for January 22, 2019.<\/p>

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But because of Fontaine\u2019s previous absences, the presiding magistrate granted the prosecution\u2019s request for a bench warrant for Fontaine who was not present at the hearings.<\/p>\n

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