Interpol drops murder charges against Egyptian asylum seeker Sayed Abdel Latif
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The Federal Government says the case of alleged Egyptian terrorist, Sayed Abdel Latif, shows politicians shouldn't "create hysteria" over national security.
Mr Adbel Latif was the centre of parliamentary debate last week, after it surfaced he had been held behind "a pool fence" in a low-security detention facility in Adelaide.
However, Interpol has now dropped murder and firearms charges from the "red notice" of Mr Abdel Latif.
"These reported changes ... highlight the need not to play politics with national security", the Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said.
"Politicians should not jump to conclusions and seek to create hysteria through fear-mongering".
Red notices are described as an international "wanted" poster, used by Interpol to inform its 190 member countries that an arrest warrant has been issued.
In a statement on their website, the international crime body says its Cairo bureau has "removed any charges relating to premeditated murder, destruction of property, and possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives without a permit".
"The remaining offences listed on the current valid Red Notice for Mr Abdel Latif are for membership of an illegally-formed extremist organization and forging travel documents for the organisation's members".
So much for the coalitions week of questions ๐ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-14/interpol-drops-charges-against-asylum-seeker-sayed-abdel-lat/4753348
