Mr Danby asked the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, upon notice, on 18 March 2003:

(1) Is he able to say whether the Saudi based charity the Islamic International Relief Organisation (IIRO) has, as its South East Asia regional director, Jamal Mohamed Khalifa, who is the brother-in-law of Osama Bin Laden.

(2) Has his attention been drawn to a report titled Tentacles of Terror: Al Qaeda's Southeast Asian Network, by Dr Zachary Abuza, extracted from a forthcoming book, Terrorism and Radical Islam in Southeast Asia, which claims that Jamal Mohamed Khalifa established other front companies for Al Qaeda/Jemaah Islamiah (JI), including: Khalifa Trading Industries, ET Dizon Travel, Pyramid Trading, Manpower Services and Daw al Iman Shafee Inc.

(3) Does the Australian Government share the view of Dr Abuza, and other analysts, that all of these organisations had the real purpose of supporting AL Qaeda/JI terrorist activities in South-East Asia.

(4) Is he able to confirm whether Al Qaeda operative Wali Khan Amin Shah established a shell company, the Bermuda Trading Company, in Malaysia and that Al Qaeda's chief representative in Malaysia, Ahmad Fauzi, aka Abdul al Hakim, established companies such as: Green Laboratory Medicine SDN BHD, In focus Technology SDN BHD, Secure Valley SDN BHD and Konsojaya SDN BHD, in that country for the purpose of supporting Al Qaeda/JI activities.

Mr Ruddock (Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Reconciliation) —The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

(1) - (4) I refer to the answer provided by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the above question when responding to question no. 1645.