voa标准英语2008-Review of Botched Case Calls for Overhaul of Aus

An official inquiry¹ has found that Australian police had no evidence to charge an Indian doctor over suspected links to a terrorist plot in Britain. Dr. Mohamed Haneef was arrested in Brisbane in July 2007 and eventually was released after a bungled² police investigation³.

Haneef was detained after his mobile phone SIM card was found on one of the suspects blamed for a failed car bombing at Scotland's Glasgow airport in July 2007.

The Indian doctor, who worked for a hospital in the northern Australian state of Queensland, was charged with supporting a terrorist organization. He was accused of having links to the militants⁴ blamed for the U.K. plots but the case against him quickly collapsed⁵.

The charges against him were dropped, but the government canceled the doctor's work visa, forcing him to return to his home in India.

The government ordered a judicial⁶ inquiry into his arrest last year. It found that Haneef should never have been charged and called for reforms to the way that Australian police and immigration officials operate.

Attorney-General Robert McClelland says the country's anti-terror laws will be reviewed in the wake of the Haneef case.

"Mistakes were made from officer level to the highest levels," he said. "Everyone must accept responsibility to that. Indeed, Australian Federal Police in their own submission⁷ to the report - and certainly noted⁸ in the report - acknowledges that things could have been done more effectively and, indeed, has made recommendations themselves as to how these things might be improved in the future."

The inquiry, headed by retired⁹ state judge John Clarke, cleared Australia's former conservative government of wrongdoing. It said the arrest of the young Indian doctor was not a politically motivated attempt to capitalize on community concerns about extremism.

The Clark report stresses that Haneef had no involvement in the failed attack on Glasgow airport.

He now lives in the United Arab Emirates. His lawyer has said Haneef has yet to decide whether to lodge¹⁰ a claim for compensation, but believes the least his client deserves is an apology from Australian authorities.

1 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

2 bungled   

v.搞糟，完不成( bungle的过去式和过去分词 )；笨手笨脚地做；失败；完不成

参考例句：

• They bungled the job. 他们把活儿搞糟了。
• John bungled the job. 约翰把事情搞糟了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

6 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

7 submission   

n.服从，投降；温顺，谦虚；提出

参考例句：

• The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.战败将军缴剑表示投降。
• No enemy can frighten us into submission.任何敌人的恐吓都不能使我们屈服。

8 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

9 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

10 lodge   

v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆

参考例句：

• Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
• I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。