The Solomon Islands Attorney General’s Office has been asked to provide information on the circumstances surrounding the stop order preventing Leiataualesa Jerry Brunt from departing Honiara.

The Government of Samoa through the Prime Minister’s Office made the official request after the Pacific Islands pageant judge was not allowed to return home on Monday.

The Prime Minister’s Office said they have provided support to ensure legal representation for Leiataualesa is available while awaiting official details from Honiara.

Leiataualesa was returning home after the Miss Pacific Pageant where he served as one of the five judges.

He was stopped at the Honiara International Airport.

It is unclear why the stop notice was issued for Leiataualesa’s departure but the event follows widespread unconfirmed speculations accusing that he allegedly rigged the pageant’s results.

His wife Fiaailetoa Charlotte Chan Mow-Brunt said Leiataualesa will return to Samoa by Wednesday morning.

“He’s not detained, he just had a stop notice but not locked up or anything,” said Fiaailetoa in an interview with the Samoa Observer.

She added her husband was staying at an AirBnB in the Solomon Islands waiting to return home through Nadi, Fiji. Leiataualesa was due to return to Samoa on Monday with other Samoan delegations.

More details to follow.