AUSTRALIA: Indian terror suspect returned to detention

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Updated July 16, 2007 20:07:24

The Australian government has ordered that an Indian doctor be placed in immigration detention, just hours after a court granted him bail on a charge connected to Britain's failed bomb attacks. 27-year-old Mohammed Haneef was working as a doctor in Queensland when he was arrested earlier this month. At the weekend he was charged with "recklessly" support for a terrorist organisation, relating to a mobile-phone SIM card he gave a cousin, Kafeel Ahmed, who drove a flaming jeep into Glasgow Airport last month. Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews says he's satisfied that returning Mr Haneef to custody and cancelling his visa are in the national interest. However Mr Haneef's 12-day detention without charge has concerned some members of the Australian legal community.

Presenter: Alexandra Kirk
Speakers: President of the Law Council of Australia, Tim Bugg; Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews; Australian Greens Senator Kerry Nettle; Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett

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