[ The Australian] Richard Kerbaj - Muslim Aid Australia could be deregistered as a charity after two separate investigations were launched Wednesday into its connections with a banned terrorist group and the distribution of aid in the Palestinian territories. The Australian Council for International Development, the charity sector's regulator, demanded access to MAA's records after the Islamic group's executive director, Iman Partoredjo, retracted an earlier admission of working with Interpal, a British-based group proscribed as a terrorist organization by the Australian and U.S. governments.
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