FED:Defame claim 'adventurous': Andrews

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2010
FED:Defame claim 'adventurous': Andrews

Former immigration minister KEVIN ANDREWS says he was always confident the defamation
action against him by an Indian-born doctor .. wrongly detained over alleged terrorist
links .. would be dropped.

Mr ANDREWS .. now opposition spokesman for families, housing and human services ..

says he's been advised defamation action against him has been abandoned.

The announcement comes after news that Doctor MOHAMED HANEEF has been awarded a substantial
but confidential amount of compensation following negotiations with the federal government.

Mr ANDREWS was immigration minister in July 2007 when the then Gold Coast doctor was
detained and charged over alleged terrorist links .. before the case against him collapsed.

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KEYWORD: HANEEF ANDREWS (CANBERRA)

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