Special Branch interpreter ‘with links to Islamic extremists’ sues Home Office after he was suspended for five years on full pay then sacked

Daily Mail:

  • The Arabic interpreter helped Special Branch interview terror suspects
  • Claims he was only suspected of associating with terrorists due to his race and Muslim religion
  • He has not even been told of the name of the terrorists he was alleged to have associated with

By Ryan Kisiel

PUBLISHED: 16:15 GMT, 27 August 2012 | UPDATED: 16:23 GMT, 27 August 2012

An immigration officer accused of having links to Iraqi terrorists was suspended on full pay for five years after the Home Office sacked him for being a risk to national security.

The Arabic interpreter, who helped Special Branch interview terror suspects, had his security clearance removed a month after returning from a year-long sabbatical in his native Yemen

The 44-year-old claims he was only suspected of associating with terrorists due to his race and Muslim religion and is suing the Home Office for discrimination and unfair dismissal.

Action: The 44-year-old man, who cannot be named, was suspended and then sacked after he returned from a year's sabbatical in his native Yeman, pictured Action: The 44-year-old man, who cannot be named, was suspended and then sacked after he returned from a year’s sabbatical in his native Yeman, pictured

During his employment tribunal, the controversial ‘closed material procedures’ that allows cases to be heard almost entirely in private was applied.

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One Reply to “Special Branch interpreter ‘with links to Islamic extremists’ sues Home Office after he was suspended for five years on full pay then sacked”

  1. Wonder how many of his interveiws were of coaching his interviewees on what to say and do and giving them info on how to beat the system?