SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVT TO COME DOWN ON DAVID HICKS IF HE SELLS HIS GUANTANAMO STORY
January 1st 2008 01:04
South Australian Premier Mike Rann has issued a blunt warning to David Hicks and his family that they will not be allowed to circumvent proceeds-of-crime law and profit from the sale of his story.
The Australian reported that Rann said yesterday any payment to Hicks, even through a third party, would be an "absolute affront" to the public.
"We would be extremely angry if there was any attempt to subvert a law which is designed to prevent people from profiting from someone who was involved in supporting terrorism," Rann told The Australian.
According to The Australian, Hicks's father Terry has suggested it might be possible for his son to negotiate payment for his story from a book publisher or news media organisation and then donate the proceeds to charity.
Rann pre-empted this, declaring, "It is still profiting."
Hicks was imprisoned in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay for taking up arms with terrorists in Afghanistan before and after the September 11 attacks in the US in 2001.
- From MediaBlab
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