BANGALORE, India (AP) - An Indian doctor freed from jail in Australia after terror charges against him were dropped said Monday he wants Australia to restore his work permit. The jailing of Mohamed Haneef, 27, had aroused waves of sympathy in his native India, where he was greeted with a hero's welcome Sunday upon his return.Haneef met Monday with the chief minister of the Karnataka state, who offered him a job in a state-run hospital. But Haneef, speaking at his first media conference since his release, indicated he preferred to return to his work at Australia's Gold Coast Hospital. The hospital has said his job is waiting for him if he regains his visa. "I am saddened by the fact that until my work visa is returned I will not be able to return to work there," Haneef said.
| Yup, real shame. Better take that job in Karnataka. |
Australia's top prosecutor on Friday dropped the charge against Haneef because of a lack of evidence, but the immigration minister said he will not reverse his earlier decision to revoke Haneef's working visa. Haneef's lawyer Peter Russo plans to appeal the visa decision.
Australia's prime minister said Monday his government would not apologize for Haneef's treatment. "I don't expect any apologies from the Australian authorities or government, but they should apologize to this peace-loving country here and its citizens," Haneef said.
| Nobody said India wasn't peace-loving, and noone maligned its citizens. They were interested in you, pal, and why you gave your SIM card to your splodydope cousin. You're a bright guy, a doctor after all; think on that one for a while and it will come to you. |
| Turns out that 'many in India' are dumbasses if they believe that. |