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July 19, 2007
An earlier comment on public opinion with respect to Dr. Mohamed Haneef can be found here. It has got worse with the anonymous leaking of damaging and loaded material to News Ltd newspapers by, presumably, the police or Howard Government.So the Haneef's defense team retaliates. Barrister Stephen Keim, QC, indicated the defence leak was a response to "an aggressive campaign of leaking, selectively and misleadingly" by police.
However, it gets worse:
Pryor
Haneef has been moved to a high-security prison where he will be held indefinitely, treated as a terrorist and subjected to special conditions including solitary confinement for 23 hours a day.
Update: 20 July
It now appears that there are three serious discrepancies in the police case and, as they are all to Dr Haneef's detriment, they stack the evidence against the 27-year-old medical practitioner.
# Contrary to the documentation produced by the police and put before a Brisbane magistrate, Dr Haneef did not say that he lived with the two terror suspects in Liverpool, Britain.
# Contrary to the claims of the police, Dr Haneef did offer detailed and plausible explanations about the circumstances of his one-way ticket to India, and his planned return to Gold Coast Hospital.
# Contrary to what the magistrate was told by commonwealth prosecutor Clive Porritt, Dr Haneef's old SIM card was not found in the burning Jeep Cherokee that was used in a terror attack on Glasgow airport on June30. The SIM card was found more than 300km away in the possession of Sabeel Ahmed, brother of the Jeep's driver and the second cousin to whom Dr Haneef had handed it.
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In my view, Stephen Keim SC acted honourable and did no more as I did in 2006 when I published book setting out the entire criminal case and the convictions against me and then file it (the book) as evidence in my appeal. The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions collapsed then! They were faced to reveal the alleged “TRUCKLOADS” of evidence the barrister had claimed previously in court it had to prove my guilt. Despite the magistrate previously ordering the CDPP to file and serve the evidence, none has been forthcoming. My crimes were that I had been charged and convicted for FAILING TO VOTE in federal elections. On appeals the charges were struck out and the convictions set aside.
Yes, like Dr Haneef I appeared to be a real criminal considering their “TRUCKLOADS” of evidence, as after all this was a major crime of FAILING TO VOTE, whereas I proved in Court that constitutionally the Commonwealth of Australia has no legislative powers to compel anyone to vote!
Now, prior to the appeal being heard the CDPP claimed to have incurred more then $20,000.00 cost to litigate against me. Now, as like Dr. Haneef huge amounts of taxpayers moneys are being spend on what?
Why is it that journalist defending their sources are convicted while the Government and the Australia Federal Police when “leaking” so called sensitive material then no inquiry is in place to seek the conviction of those responsible?
As Stephen Keim SC made clear it was his concern about the rights of his grandchildren, as if we allow this nonsense to continue then indeed our grandchildren will cop this kind of conduct more and more.
I for one gained great respect for Stephen Keim SC, as he proved to stand of for the rights of his client, regardless what he was going to cop about it. He showed not to be politically bulldozed into silence and ignore his client’s rights.