Australian police charge Indian doctor over British terror plot
BRISBANE (AP) - An Indian doctor charged with supporting the failed British car bomb attacks recklessly gave his mobile phone SIM card to a terrorist group, the country's police chief said Saturday.
Muhammad Haneef, 27, has been charged with providing support to a terrorist organization and faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison if convicted.
"The specific allegation involves recklessness rather than intention," Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty told reporters in the capital, Canberra.
"The allegation being that he was reckless about some of the support he provided to that group, in particular the provision of his SIM card for the use of the group."
Keelty confirmed police would oppose bail when Haneef appears before the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday.
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