Fed: Haneef has not caused change at AFP

AAP General News (Australia)
02-18-2008
Fed: Haneef has not caused change at AFP

By Peter Veness

CANBERRA, Feb 18 AAP - The Australian Federal Police has changed nothing about the
way it conducts terrorism investigations despite the bungled Mohamed Haneef case.

Police commissioner Mick Keelty today told a Senate estimates committee there had been
an internal investigation but no changes had been made to processes inside the force.

Dr Haneef was arrested by federal police at Brisbane International Airport last year
and detained for a month on terrorism-related charges which were eventually dropped by
prosecutors.

"We, in any major investigation review ... as a matter of course how we've done the
investigation," Mr Keelty said.

"We have reviewed the Haneef matter as a matter of course and there's nothing that's
arisen out of those reviews that required us to alter our policies or alter our approaches
to those investigations."

Mr Keelty did mention there was an on-going internal investigation into another, unnamed,
case where the police were concerned about some matters.

"We have a current inquiry in relation to another matter that's not yet reported where
we were concerned about particular issues."

Attorney-General Robert McClelland is expected soon to announce the details of a judicial
inquiry into the Haneef case.

"The AFP welcomes any inquiry into our role in the Haneef inquiry.

"We have absolutely nothing to hide," Mr Keelty said.

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