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Haneef feels apology from Australia will make Indians happy
Manash Pratim Bhuyan and Zishan Haider New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) Mohd. Haneef, who was imprisoned in Australia on false charges of terrorism in 2007, feels an apology by Canberra for the treatment meted out to him wouldmake Indians happy.
The Bangalore-based doctor criticised "stereo-typing of Muslims as terrorists or sympathisers of terrorists" as was done in his case and cautioned that such an "unfortunate"tendency was creeping into this country too.
"I don't expect an apology (from the Australian government) for that matter as such but definitely, people of India who supported me throughout (the ordeal) would be delighted if they (Australia) come out with that (apology),"28-year-old Haneef told PTI here.
Haneef, who was working at a hospital in Gold Coast in Australia, was arrested in July 2007 in connection with a failed terror attack in Britain. He spent nearly a month indetention before charges against him proved wrong.
He thanked the Indian government and people forsupporting him during his days of ordeal in Australia.
"I acknowledge the support I received from the Government of India during my ordeal. The government and the people ofthe country stood by me," he said.
Asked whether he would seek any compensation from the Australian government for the ordeal he underwent there, Haneef did not rule it out, saying his lawyers will take adecision in this regard.
The doctor, who returned home soon after charges against him were dropped, seems little interested in going back toAustralia.
"I feel comfortable here. I'm at peace in India. I'm not leaving my profession," Haneef said, adding that he planned togo for higher studies very soon.
Haneef's wife Firdous Arshia, who was with him, said sheand his family will not allow him to go back to Australia.
"He (Haneef) will be practising in India. I don't want him to go. His mother does not want him to go. Family members don't want him to go," she said, adding "any mother or any wife won't let her son or husband to go after such a big thing." Asked about ongoing probe into the goof-up in his case in Australia, Haneef said the new government has made aninitiative and launched a probe to bring the fact into light.
"I hope the probe into the bungling of the case willcome out with real facts," he said.
The physician, whose wife is a software engineer in Bangalore, was critical of "stereo-typing muslims as terrorists or sympathisers of terrorists" and said suchideologies should be thrown out from this world.
"Fingers are pointed at muslims even before they are found guilty of involvement in such acts," he said, while noting that he himself was a "victim of stereo-typing of muslims even though not being associated with that kind of acts of terrorism." Voicing concern over such labelling, he said "It is happening in India. The community is being targeted here also which is very unfortunate." "The country and people should not believe this ideology of stereo-typing person or religion," he emphasised. PTI ZH WDA China imposes curbs on mail service to prevent terror attacks Beijing, Jun 3 (PTI) China's postal service has suspended mailing of parcels with sealed liquids and powder aspart of ramped up security measures for the Beijing Olympics.
The new step from June 1 to October 31 was to tighten security ahead of and during the Games in August, a State PostBureau spokesman said.
Chemical products, powder goods, unidentified metal and mechanical and electrical products, sealed containers with unidentified gas or liquid are also banned from delivery,state-run Xinhua news agency said.
A safety certificate from local public security authorities is required to be produced by those having thenecessity to mail parcels with the listed items, it said.
Beijing Postal bureau said last month that it would step up inspections of parcels being sent to Olympics host cities, including Shenyang, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai andQinhuangdao.
Chinese aviation authority also recently imposed a ban on carrying liquid in baggage on domestic flights. Security for the Olympics has been given top priority with authoritiesidentifying terrorism as the "biggest threat" to the Games.
The head of Interpol Ronald Noble warned in Beijing recently that an attempted act of terrorism was a "real possibility" and China must be prepared for a possible strikeby Al Qaeda or some other terrorist group during the Olympics.
Land, Navy and air forces would "participate in safeguarding the Games", a top official of the China's People's Liberation Army Command Team for Beijing OlympicSecurity Work said earlier.
China has claimed to have foiled plots to crash a Beijing-bound passenger aircraft and carry out bomb attacks on hotels and government offices in the Chinese capital during Olympics
The Bangalore-based doctor criticised "stereo-typing of Muslims as terrorists or sympathisers of terrorists" as was done in his case and cautioned that such an "unfortunate"tendency was creeping into this country too.
"I don't expect an apology (from the Australian government) for that matter as such but definitely, people of India who supported me throughout (the ordeal) would be delighted if they (Australia) come out with that (apology),"28-year-old Haneef told PTI here.
Haneef, who was working at a hospital in Gold Coast in Australia, was arrested in July 2007 in connection with a failed terror attack in Britain. He spent nearly a month indetention before charges against him proved wrong.
He thanked the Indian government and people forsupporting him during his days of ordeal in Australia.
"I acknowledge the support I received from the Government of India during my ordeal. The government and the people ofthe country stood by me," he said.
Asked whether he would seek any compensation from the Australian government for the ordeal he underwent there, Haneef did not rule it out, saying his lawyers will take adecision in this regard.
The doctor, who returned home soon after charges against him were dropped, seems little interested in going back toAustralia.
"I feel comfortable here. I'm at peace in India. I'm not leaving my profession," Haneef said, adding that he planned togo for higher studies very soon.
Haneef's wife Firdous Arshia, who was with him, said sheand his family will not allow him to go back to Australia.
"He (Haneef) will be practising in India. I don't want him to go. His mother does not want him to go. Family members don't want him to go," she said, adding "any mother or any wife won't let her son or husband to go after such a big thing." Asked about ongoing probe into the goof-up in his case in Australia, Haneef said the new government has made aninitiative and launched a probe to bring the fact into light.
"I hope the probe into the bungling of the case willcome out with real facts," he said.
The physician, whose wife is a software engineer in Bangalore, was critical of "stereo-typing muslims as terrorists or sympathisers of terrorists" and said suchideologies should be thrown out from this world.
"Fingers are pointed at muslims even before they are found guilty of involvement in such acts," he said, while noting that he himself was a "victim of stereo-typing of muslims even though not being associated with that kind of acts of terrorism." Voicing concern over such labelling, he said "It is happening in India. The community is being targeted here also which is very unfortunate." "The country and people should not believe this ideology of stereo-typing person or religion," he emphasised. PTI ZH WDA China imposes curbs on mail service to prevent terror attacks Beijing, Jun 3 (PTI) China's postal service has suspended mailing of parcels with sealed liquids and powder aspart of ramped up security measures for the Beijing Olympics.
The new step from June 1 to October 31 was to tighten security ahead of and during the Games in August, a State PostBureau spokesman said.
Chemical products, powder goods, unidentified metal and mechanical and electrical products, sealed containers with unidentified gas or liquid are also banned from delivery,state-run Xinhua news agency said.
A safety certificate from local public security authorities is required to be produced by those having thenecessity to mail parcels with the listed items, it said.
Beijing Postal bureau said last month that it would step up inspections of parcels being sent to Olympics host cities, including Shenyang, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai andQinhuangdao.
Chinese aviation authority also recently imposed a ban on carrying liquid in baggage on domestic flights. Security for the Olympics has been given top priority with authoritiesidentifying terrorism as the "biggest threat" to the Games.
The head of Interpol Ronald Noble warned in Beijing recently that an attempted act of terrorism was a "real possibility" and China must be prepared for a possible strikeby Al Qaeda or some other terrorist group during the Olympics.
Land, Navy and air forces would "participate in safeguarding the Games", a top official of the China's People's Liberation Army Command Team for Beijing OlympicSecurity Work said earlier.
China has claimed to have foiled plots to crash a Beijing-bound passenger aircraft and carry out bomb attacks on hotels and government offices in the Chinese capital during Olympics
