Paul Maley; 31/5/08
Federal investigators used special star chamber powers to force a close friend of Mohamed Haneef to give evidence in a secret five-day interrogation by the Australian Crime Commission at the height of the anti-terror investigation last year. The Weekend Australian can reveal that just 24 hours before prosecutors were forced to drop the charge against Dr Haneef, allowing him to leave the country days later, Mohammed Asif Ali was called before the commission and questioned extensively amid concerns about his links to Dr Haneef, his medical qualifications and suspicious material found on his computer. Dr Haneef was arrested at Brisbane airport as he was attempting to leave the country on July 2 on suspicions he was involved in two foiled terror attacks in London and Glasgow, Scotland.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23786387-2702,00.html
Tags: Australia, Haneef, Human Rights, Terrorism