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| Kurdish journalist arrested in Sydney over alleged membership of PKK | Kurdish journalist arrested in Sydney over alleged membership of PKK |
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| A Sydney man allegedly linked to a Kurdish separatist group has been charged after police conducted two raids in the city’s north. | A Sydney man allegedly linked to a Kurdish separatist group has been charged after police conducted two raids in the city’s north. |
| Renas Lelikan, 38, who is alleged to be a member of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), was arrested after Australian federal police raided properties in North Sydney and Dee Why on Wednesday. | Renas Lelikan, 38, who is alleged to be a member of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), was arrested after Australian federal police raided properties in North Sydney and Dee Why on Wednesday. |
| According to the ABC, the Kurdish journalist was last year allowed to return to Australia on a temporary travel document after being trapped in an Iraqi refugee camp for nine months. | According to the ABC, the Kurdish journalist was last year allowed to return to Australia on a temporary travel document after being trapped in an Iraqi refugee camp for nine months. |
| Lelikan was refused bail when he appeared in Parramatta local court on Thursday. The court heard the police seized a “large amount of material”, including more than 2,000 emails and attached photos, during raids on Wednesday. | Lelikan was refused bail when he appeared in Parramatta local court on Thursday. The court heard the police seized a “large amount of material”, including more than 2,000 emails and attached photos, during raids on Wednesday. |
| “A lot of the material is in Turkish and needs to be translated,” an AFP prosecutor, who did not wish to be named, said. | “A lot of the material is in Turkish and needs to be translated,” an AFP prosecutor, who did not wish to be named, said. |
| The Dee Why resident is accused of being part of the PKK for more than 10 years between December 2005 and October 2015, according to court documents.Lelikan’s lawyer did not apply for bail, which was formally refused by magistrate Tim Keady. Lelikan is expected to apply for bail when he appears in central local court on 28 July.Being a member of a terrorist organisation carries a maximum penalty of 10 years’ jail. | The Dee Why resident is accused of being part of the PKK for more than 10 years between December 2005 and October 2015, according to court documents.Lelikan’s lawyer did not apply for bail, which was formally refused by magistrate Tim Keady. Lelikan is expected to apply for bail when he appears in central local court on 28 July.Being a member of a terrorist organisation carries a maximum penalty of 10 years’ jail. |
| There is “no current or impending threat of a terrorist act to the Australian community arising from this investigation”, the AFP said in a statement. | There is “no current or impending threat of a terrorist act to the Australian community arising from this investigation”, the AFP said in a statement. |