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A former immigration official who helped run the federal government's offshore detention program has emerged as a director of security firm Paladin, which was awarded a $423 million contract on Manus Island in a closed tender process.

Paladin said Dermot Casey, a former assistant secretary of detention services in the Immigration Department, joined the company's board in May this year.

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