A Papua New Guinea court has set aside an arrest order for the nation's opposition leader, Belden Namah.
Orders for Mr Namah's arrest were issued on Saturday after in a letter he threatened Police Commissioner Tom Kulunga with arrest if he did not reinstate four suspended policemen.
"Failure to accede to my request will result in me taking unprecedented measure to have you arrested and charged under Section 128 of the Criminal Code," Mr Namah said in the letter.
Mr Namah denies he was threatening Mr Kulunga.
Police on Sunday aborted an attempt to arrest Mr Namah at his home near parliament house after a crowd of supporters gathered at his front gate.
On Monday Justice Catherine Davani restrained all sides from moving forward on the order and from taking steps that would be detrimental to peace and good order, the Post-Courier newspaper reported on Tuesday.
"I will not be intimidated, suppressed and threatened by anyone and that includes (Prime Minister) Peter O'Neill and Tomai (Tom) Kulunga for fighting against corruption and corrupt people," Mr Namah said in a statement.
The four officers were suspended after they obtained a warrant to arrest Mr O'Neill on allegations he personally approved illegal payments of about $A30 million in state monies to law firm of Paul Paraka, which is embroiled in a corruption scandal.
Mr O'Neill denies authoring a letter ordering the payments, and has accused Mr Namah of colluding with elements of the police force to stage his arrest.
PNG's anti-corruption watchdog, Task Force Sweep, has said Mr O'Neill has no case to answer after their investigations turned up no evidence he authored the letter.
Police were expected to interview Treasurer Don Polye and Finance Minister James Marape in relation to the payments, however the latest court order has put that on hold until February 11.
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