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| Obama brother refused entry to UK | Obama brother refused entry to UK |
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| Barack Obama's half-brother was denied entry to the UK after being accused of a serious crime on an earlier visit, the Home Office has confirmed. | Barack Obama's half-brother was denied entry to the UK after being accused of a serious crime on an earlier visit, the Home Office has confirmed. |
| Samson Obama, who lives in Kenya, was on his way to the US presidential inauguration in January when he was stopped at East Midlands Airport. | Samson Obama, who lives in Kenya, was on his way to the US presidential inauguration in January when he was stopped at East Midlands Airport. |
| According to the News of the World, fingerprint tests linked him to an alleged sex attack on a British girl. | According to the News of the World, fingerprint tests linked him to an alleged sex attack on a British girl. |
| He was questioned but not charged over the incident in Berkshire, it added. | He was questioned but not charged over the incident in Berkshire, it added. |
| 'Public good' | 'Public good' |
| A Home Office spokesman said Samson Obama was denied a visa after immigration officers noticed one of his documents was false. That led them to further inquiries. | A Home Office spokesman said Samson Obama was denied a visa after immigration officers noticed one of his documents was false. That led them to further inquiries. |
| Samson Obama, who runs a mobile phone shop outside Nairobi, had been planning to make a short break in the UK on his way to Washington. | Samson Obama, who runs a mobile phone shop outside Nairobi, had been planning to make a short break in the UK on his way to Washington. |
| He eventually took a connecting flight to the US without formally entering the UK. | He eventually took a connecting flight to the US without formally entering the UK. |
| A UK Border Agency spokesman said in general, Britain would oppose the entry of individuals where their presence was "not conducive to the public good". | A UK Border Agency spokesman said in general, Britain would oppose the entry of individuals where their presence was "not conducive to the public good". |
| Samson Obama is one of several half-siblings of the US president by his father. | |
| Barack Obama Sr left his son when he was two years old and lived most of his life in Kenya, where he fathered a number of other sons and a daughter with three other wives. He died in a car crash in 1982. |