Sydney, Mar 3: Indian doctor Dr Mohamed Haneef’s lawyer has said the government inquiry into the case needed the coercive powers to compel witnesses to testify, or it would become a “toothless tiger”.
Advocate Peter Russo said that anyone found to be involved in any wrongdoing during the inquiry of the case against his client was unlikely to be honest.
“It is reasonable to assume that where there has been government error, those in error are likely to be embarrassed, ashamed, some will be in self-protect mode and some will go to ground,” Russo writes in an article published on NEWS. com. au.