Justice Has Been Defeated

Just hours after his release order, Mohamed Haneef’s visa is banned by the Minister of Immigration so that he has to stay in custody. People here at Oz wonder whether Haneef has been a victim of political manoeuvre, a desperate effort by Australian government to respond to terrorism issue. The fact that a government official-or a minister in this case-made a decision to overturn the decision of the court is hideous whatever the reason was. The national security issue has been blown out of its proportion so that the public at large is vulnerable in facing the government attempt to rationalize its decision.

One more thing that is important to highlight is that the court has different information from the authorities (compared with the information that the ministry has). It raises another concern i.e. how can this be possible? Why not let everything laid in front of the court that then the judge (or rather, the legal system) can decide what is acceptable or not acceptable in the eyes of law and justice. It is an outrage. Therefore, the government should reconsider its decision and try not to blame on others for its paranoia act, i.e. to neglect the just principle: innocent until proven guilty. NOT the other way around!