By NNN-Bernama
Melbourne : Indian doctor Mohammed Asif Ali will fly out of Australia Thursday night after his passport was returned by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), news agency AAP said.
Dr Ali, who was recruited to Queensland from Britain, was last month questioned by the AFP over his links to former terror suspect Dr Mohamed Haneef.
Dr Ali is being investigated by Queensland Health after he admitted to lying on his resume.
His lawyer Simone Healy told reporters in Brisbane that Dr Ali wanted to return to India to see his family in Bangalore .
But she said he wanted to return to his job at the Gold Coast Hospital.
She said the AFP had returned his passport and he had decided to head home on a midnight flight.
Acting director-general of Queensland Health Dr Andrew Wilson said Dr Ali would continue to be investigated.
He said if Dr Ali chose to resign he could be required to serve out up to four weeks’ notice.
“We would require him to serve notice until the report into matters about his resume was finalised,” Dr Wilson said in a statement.
“Queensland Health has no power to prevent Dr Ali from leaving Australia if he should choose to do so.”
Dr Ali is suspended and will not be given any other form of leave while the investigation is ongoing, Dr Wilson said.