ANU academics say AFP desperate to keep terror suspect in jail
A justice expert has criticised the investigations into Mohamed Haneef, saying police are struggling to find a link between the doctor and the failed British bomb plots.
The 27 year old Indian doctor has been detained by the Australian Federal Police for more than a week without charge, after being caught while trying to leave the country.
Brett Bowden from the Centre for International Governance and Justice at the ANU said the police are becoming desperate.
Dr Bowden said the length of time Dr Haneef has been detained could be a sign the AFP doesn’t have any concrete evidence linking him to the attacks.
“Nine days seems an awful long time to be honest, as I understand it the police have gone back to his apartment to gather more forensic evidence, whether that means they didn’t do a thorough enough job the first time around, or that they’re getting desperate, you’d hope that if they’d found something to charge him with they would’ve done it by now” he said.
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