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NEWS > 19 September 2006

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LONDON: Up to eight people believed to have links to Islamist extremists, including Al Qaeda, are working in Britain’s police service, the Daily Mail said on Saturday, citing an intelligence service file. The newspaper said Britain’s domestic intelligence service MI5 had drawn up a secret document containing the names of alleged radicals, including serving officers, said to be working in London’s Metropolitan Police and other forces. Some on the list are believed to have attended extremist training camps or radical Islamic schools in Pakistan or Afghanistan and others visited pro-jihad website... Read more

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Bracks defends police corrupti

Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has defended the state police corruption watchdog's open hearing into police conduct.

The Office of Police Integrity hearing, which continues on Tuesday, has been told suspects in custody were punched, kicked and threatened with violence by members of the now defunct armed offenders squad.

"It is a discretion of the Office of Police Integrity under the legislation to determine whether it's closed or open," Mr Bracks told reporters.

"If they believe for accountability reasons it should be open, that is their discretion under the act.

Mr Bracks said it was "almost mandatory" for anti-corruption bodies to have public hearings and "unusual" for such hearings to be closed.

"In other states they use open accountable hearings as a mechanism for accountability."

The premier rejected suggestions the officers' reputations would be irrevocably tainted by the public allegations even if they were eventually cleared of any wrongdoing.

"After a public open hearing process, if there is no matters that need further attention that is really saying that there is no matters that warrant further investigation.

"That is of great benefit to them.
 

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