Haneef team given immigration documents

Posted June 17th, 2008 by jason
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Haneef team given immigration documents

June 17, 2008

Lawyers for former terrorism suspect Mohamed Haneef have been provided with more than 250 immigration department documents.

The lawyers are appealing to the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Brisbane for access to documents after the immigration department withheld them from release under freedom of information laws.

Dr Haneef's legal team plans to provide the documents to the judicial inquiry into the handling of their client's case.

Immigration department lawyers told the tribunal they could not release about 15 documents being sought by Dr Haneef's lawyers because they either contain national security information or advice to former immigration minister Kevin Andrews.

They argue the release of the documents would not assist the public.

The hearing continues.