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DETAINED Gold Coast-based doctor Mohamed Haneef was a "victim of circumstances",a relative in Australia to offer his support said today.Imran Siddiqui,a cousin of Haneef's wife,Firdous Arshiya,today spoke to a community forum discussing the Gold Coast-based doctor's highly publicised plight.Mr Siddiqui arrived in Brisbane from India late last night to provide moral support for his relative."Back home,we are all saying that Haneef is the victim ofcircumstances,"Mr Siddiqui told the packed forum at Griffith University's Nathan Campus in Brisbane."After all this hard work,after being a model citizen,after losing his father at a very early age,going through all this,maintaining his family and then right when he's relishing the hard work which he's been doing over the years someone has to face... that."Mr Siddiqui urged authorities to ensure that "the truth comes out" and that Haneef is given a fair trial."I think authorities should definitely,all over the world,think about this and see that,you know,innocent people are not being targeted,"he said."We want him to come home with a clear charge,"he said.Labor was being cautious today about reports that Haneef may have been helping plan an attack on an Australian target.The Sunday Herald Sun today printed a source's claim that AFP officers had downloaded images of a building and its foundations from Haneef's computer.But opposition finance spokesman Lindsay Tanner today said the "source" could be anyone."Government sources could mean anything-who knows who that is,who knows how much information they've genuinely got access to?"Mr Tanner told ABC TV."It could be Atty Gral Philip Ruddock or it could be a junior official in immigration,who
knows?"I've learned over the years to be very careful about assuming that things that are in newspapers attributed to anonymous sources have any credence whatsoever,"he said.Mr Tanner said people must wait until the legal process is complete before casting judgment."All we've got is partial information.We have to be very careful about casting judgment on all of these things before all of the facts are known,before the legal processes are completed...
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