Australian engineer imprisoned in Iraq pleads to Scott Morrison for help
by Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#5SA2P)
Robert Pether says he was tricked into signing confession over dispute between his firm and Central Bank of Iraq
Australian engineer Robert Pether has penned a handwritten note to Scott Morrison from his Iraqi jail cell, pleading for the prime minister to intervene and warning he is effectively being held hostage.
Pether has been behind bars for almost eight months after being lured to Iraq and arrested in relation to a dispute between his firm and the Central Bank of Iraq over the construction of its new Baghdad headquarters.
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