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A report by Muslim Kiwis to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch Terrorist Attacks is expected to highlight the failures of the police, security services and customs by March 15, 2019, with new information that has not been made. previously public.
The New Zealand Federation of Islamic Associations (FIANZ) report, due to be released at 10.30am on Monday, would show institutional racism, lack of transparency and inadequate resources across various agencies, said the chairman of the FIANZ Royal Commission committee. , Abdur Razzaq Khan.
“We are not there to blame any organization, but we are there to make sure that the dysfunctions, that people are aware of it, and we can seek changes in the approach of various things that the NZSIS and the police are doing.”
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The terrorist, a 29-year-old Australian citizen, was sentenced to life in prison without parole in August for the murder of 51 people, the attempted murder of 40 and for committing a terrorist act. The massacre took place in two mosques in Christchurch on March 15, 2019.
The publication of the group’s presentation preceded the investigative report, delivered to the Interior Minister last week and is expected to be made public before Christmas.
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Interior Minister Jan Tinetti last week received the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attacks on Christchurch mosques.
Khan said the report would outline structural issues “on a number of issues” that had a direct effect on the terrorist attacks.
Examples of the findings include:
- Police had de-prioritized the gun licensing service in 2017-2018, when the terrorist obtained his license.
- information about the terrorist that should have alerted the police, NZSIS and customs.
- More than $ 500 million had been allocated to the NZSIS in the previous 10 years, while its focus was Islamic terrorism at the expense of other extremists and terrorists.
- The agencies ignored the international security landscape in 2018, which pointed to an increase in violence and killings by right-wing extremists in Western countries.
- the NZSIS claimed it had “strong community relationships based on trust”, but the facts did not support it.
FIANZ Royal Commission committee chair Abdur Razzaq Khan said FIANZ met with the director general of the New Zealand Intelligence and Security Service (NZSIS) and the police commissioner earlier this year to inform them of its findings. before the investigation process.
“We thought it would be appropriate to speak directly to the agencies.”
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The Masjid Al Noor Mosque on Deans Ave, where the Christchurch shooting carried out their attack. (File photo)
Khan said that some of the information would have come as a surprise to the heads of the agency.
“I mean the depth of the information, we spent a lot of time analyzing it, and much of what we discovered later made it to the media.”
Recommendations made in the report included an investigation into the structure and function of the NZSIS; democratize the process of setting and reviewing New Zealand’s intelligence priorities; address institutional racism and a greater focus on diversity and inclusion; specific legislation on hate crimes and the fight against right-wing extremism.
