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| ASIO 'kidnapped' terror suspect |
| 2007-11-12 |
| ASIO and police have been accused of kidnapping a terror suspect and trespassing at his home at a court hearing at which charges against him were dropped. The Director of Public Prosecutions will not proceed with the case against Izhar ul-Haque, who was facing charges of training with the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) He was accused of receiving weapons and combat training from the organisation during a visit to Pakistan in January and February 2003. In the NSW Supreme Court today, Justice Michael Adams was told the crown was "declining to proceed further with the case". Earlier this month, Justice Adams ruled that police interviews with ul-Haque were inadmissible as evidence because of the conduct of ASIO and Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers. Today he said one ASIO officer had committed "the crime of false imprisonment and kidnap at common law". He also referred to unjustified and unlawful interference with Mr ul-Haque's personal liberty and the trespassing of officers at his family home. Justice Adams was giving his reasons for not allowing the police interviews to be used in evidence. - more to follow |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #3 Federal agent stuns with admission |
| Posted by: Oztralian 2007-11-12 16:48 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Oztralian 2007-11-12 16:48 |
| #1 Izhar ul-Haque is an interesting case. He went and trained with the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba where he wanted to "fight to his death to become a martyr". However he seems to have been "turned" by ASIO and "dogged" Faheem Lodhi, the alleged mastermind of a plot to bomb Sydney. So letting him off could be part of a deal. However I don't think I would want to be him when the "Lions Of Islam" catch up with him. |
| Posted by: tipper 2007-11-12 07:29 |