Hate preacher's passport cancelled
A Perth court has been told that Islamic hate preacher Junaid Thorne has had his passport cancelled by Federal authorities.
The 25-year-old Islamic State sympathiser faced court alongside two other men this morning charged with aviation offences, relating to travel on domestic flights under false names.
When applying for bail, Thorne's lawyer Peter Ash told the court that his client was not able to surrender his passport because Australian Federal Police had already cancelled it.
It was revealed last month that the passports of three West Australians had been cancelled for national security reasons, but Thorne refused to confirm at the time that he was one of the three.
The two other men who have been charged were Omer Issak and Mostafa Shiddiquzzaman, both 19.
Both men are originally from Perth but Shiddiquzzaman recently moved to Sydney to be closer to Thorne.
The three men smiled and laughed among themselves during their brief court appearance this morning.
Mr Thorne has been charged with three offences which relate to booking flights for himself and others under false names and travelling under false names.
Mr Shiddiquzzaman is charged with booking and travelling under false names and Mr Issak is charged with travelling on flights under false names.
None of the men were required to enter pleas to the charges and will face court again on April 24.
Under their bail conditions, all are prevented from applying for new passports from any country, as well as going within 200m of an international departure point.
No details were revealed as to why the men had allegedly been travelling under false names.
Outside court, Mr Thorne refused to answer questions from waiting journalists and gave no indication of how he intended to plead.
