In a taped interview with the Australian Federal Police prior to the cancellation of his work visa, Mohammed Haneef is learnt to have said that he knew a person called Bilal, and had also met him once.

On page no 37 of the 58-page report of the Australian Department of Immigration And Citizenship (DIAC)— uploaded by The Australian on its website — the AFP says the detained doctor stated that, “He knows a person named ‘Bilal’, however knew no further details apart from this name... he had only met Bilal once in Cambridge”.
There is no indication in the report that the person Haneef referred to is Bilal Abdullah, who has been charged with involvement in the foiled United Kingdom terror plot.

The portions involving Haneef’s interview with AFP appear on the 36th, 37th and 38th pages of the report.
AFP also quotes Haneef as saying that he had visited Cambridge University in June/July and November, 2004 to visit his cousin and terror suspect Kafeel Ahmed, who was doing a PhD in Engineering at the University.

As per the ADIC report, on July 2, 2007 Haneef told the medical administrator of Southport Hospital that he had to return to Bangalore urgently to see his family due to issues with his new-born child.

Haneef also reportedly told the police that he was a devout Muslim and did not wish to discuss his “political views” with the police.

Kevin Andrews, the Australian Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, had on July 16 cancelled Haneef’s Subclass 457 Business (Long Stay) (Class UC) Visa after considering his failure in the visa character test and other aspects.

Serious offence
Terming the expectations of the Australian community as a primary consideration, the Minister has said, “...the offence of providing support to a terrorist organisation is clearly a serious offence in national and international terms.”
 
Kevin Andrews has also addressed the likelihood that “such conduct might be repeated”.

The ADIC report has, however, held under wraps certain “additional information” that support the association between Haneef and the other suspects, under the provision of Section 503A of the Australian Migration Act.