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Australia terror hearing on hold | |
(about 9 hours later) | |
A court hearing into a request by Australian police to extend the detention of an Indian doctor has been adjourned until Friday. | |
Dr Mohammed Haneef has already spent nine days in police custody without charge, after he was picked up over suspected UK bomb attempts. | |
Australian police are seeking more time to hold Dr Haneef while they continue their investigations. | |
Civil liberties groups complain that he is being held in a legal limbo. | |
Dr Haneef's case is the first to be practically applied under controversial anti-terror laws that came in to force in 2004, the BBC's Nick Bryant in Brisbane says. | |
Under the new laws, Australian police are allowed to question him for 24 hours - but this can be spread out over an unspecified period of time. So far, they have questioned him for only 12 hours. | |
The questioning can be interspersed with what is being called "dead time" - a kind of legal time-out which allows police, subject to magistrate's approval, to keep a person in detention without charge or questioning while they continue their inquiries. | |
Australian police have asked for an extra five days of "dead time", citing the complexity of this case. | |
Wednesday's court hearing was adjourned by magistrates after much of the day's proceedings were consumed with legal argument, Dr Haneef's lawyer Peter Russo said. | |
Raids | Raids |
Dr Haneef was picked up at Brisbane airport on 2 July after a tip-off from British police. | |
He was reportedly carrying a one-way ticket to India, although his family insist he was travelling home to see his wife and newborn daughter. | He was reportedly carrying a one-way ticket to India, although his family insist he was travelling home to see his wife and newborn daughter. |
Australian police have carried out a number of raids relating to the arrest, including a search of Dr Haneef's home and place of work on Queensland's Gold Coast. | |
More than 200 officers are now involved, and one of their most pressing tasks is to sift through more than 30,000 computer files. | More than 200 officers are now involved, and one of their most pressing tasks is to sift through more than 30,000 computer files. |
The inquiry is linked to the suspected attempted car bombings in central London and Glasgow at the end of last month. | The inquiry is linked to the suspected attempted car bombings in central London and Glasgow at the end of last month. |
Dr Haneef is one of eight people who have been detained over the alleged attacks. The others - all linked to the medical profession - were picked up in the UK. | |
One man, 27-year-old Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdullah, has been charged in the UK courts over the incidents. | One man, 27-year-old Iraqi doctor Bilal Abdullah, has been charged in the UK courts over the incidents. |