New Delhi: Politics in Australia is hotting up over UK terror suspect and Bangalore doctor Mohammed Haneef's case.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard denied that he pressurised his immigration Minister into cancelling Haneef's visa.
Howard's denial came on a day when Haneef was able to meet a relative of his for the first time in three weeks.
Australian Federal Police has been under attack over its handling of the Haneef case.
The Premier said he had discussed the visa issue with senior members of cabinet, and added that the final decision was taken by the Immigration Minister, Kevin Andrews.
Meanwhile, lawyers for Haneef said on Wednesday that the wording of the charge against their client should be changed to address "technical inaccuracies".
Haneef has been charged with recklessly providing support to a terrorist organisation.
His lawyer Peter Russo has lashed out at prosecutors for wanting to wait until Haneef's next court appearance on August 31 to amend the legal wording of the charge.
"The charge as it reads isn't correct and from my correspondence with (prosecutors) they realise that, so therefore they were going to fix it up on August 31," Russo said. "That's basically not good. I want it fixed now. (The charge) basically remains the same but it's just deficient in the way it's been drafted,” PTI quoted him as saying.
Russo and Haneef's relative Imran Siddiqui are to scheduled to meet to meet with the Indian High Commissioner in Canberra on Wednesday.
Haneef’s lawyers have said that he could sue the Australian government for $1 million for wrongful arrest and imprisonment, if he's cleared of the charges against him.
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