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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A judge accused Australia's main spy agency Monday of falsely imprisoning a Pakistani-born Australian citizen who faced terrorism-related charges that were later dropped.
Former Sydney medical student Izhar Ul Haque, 24, had been charged with intentionally receiving combat and weapons training from outlawed terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba in Pakistan in 2003.
The charge, which carries a maximum 25-year prison sentence, was dropped after New South Wales state Supreme Court judge Michael Adams ruled that Ul Haque's interview with three agents of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, better known as ASIO, could not be used as evidence.
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