After Ali had applied for Australian citizenship, the Department of Immigration invited him to attend an interview. It turned out to be a surprise interrogation by two ASIO officers.
Court documents show that the officers asked Ali 1020 questions in roughly two hours – a question every seven seconds. No lawyer was present during the interview and the ASIO officers never advised him to obtain legal representation.
'A travesty of justice' : ASIO's pursuit of people smugglers. By Mark Isaacs, The Saturday Paper