I've lost everything, says 'former terror suspect' Haneef

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Posted online: Tuesday , January 22, 2008 at 05:32:57
Updated: Tuesday , January 22, 2008 at 05:49:02

Melbourne, January 22: Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef, wrongly accused of involvement in the failed UK car bombings, has expressed disappointment over the Australian media labelling him as a ‘former terror suspect’ and said he would be ‘grateful’ if Canberra considers paying him damages for his ordeal.

"This label makes me feel bad. It's not true - I had nothing to do with terror," Haneef, 28, said in a yet to be published interview to Bulletin magazine.

He said the label was continuing to muddy his name and professional standing, six months after the charge of providing support to terrorism against him was dropped.

"While I should be grateful to the Australian media for their incessant support, it's up to the media to get back with the normalcy of deleting these things whenever they refer to me and this topic," he was quoted as saying.

Bangalore-based Haneef, who until last July worked as a junior doctor at the Gold Coast Hospital, also said he was reluctant to return to work in Australia until federal police declared their investigations into him complete.

"They have to make comment publicly that there won't be any other issues surrounding this matter if I return to Australia," he said, adding ‘they had me there (in custody) for 27 days. They had whatever was available in front of them. They didn't have even a single stuff out of it against me’.

The Indian doctor said he would ‘be grateful’ if the Australian government would consider paying him compensation for his ordeal, but believed no money would compensate for the damage to his name.

"I've lost everything," he said. "I've lost my job, my career. Any Western country I would like to go to do my further studies, there would be a question, I would say, about this issue," he said.

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Any Western country I would like to go .... by Ram on 23 Jan 2008

Why would you want to go to a western country. Why don't you think of serving your own country where there are millions in need of medical attention?

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Why Indian media so soft of terrorists? by Satya on 22 Jan 2008

Why english Indian media so soft of Jihadi terrorists? Surely, it pays well. Else, why they keep writing same staffs everyday. Terrorists have big money and money used for promotion, publicity. But Indian english media doing very irresponsible acts. They promoting and protecting another terrorist and convicted criminal Sanjay Dutt. Its time, media must be brought under strict law, they can't get scot-free under media freedom propagandas.

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