Article 71V9H Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia

Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia

by
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#71V9H)

MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London denies allegations and condemns flawed and farcical' trial

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

In a ruling on Monday, a judge found Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, guilty of misusing her special influence" as a British politician to coerce Hasina into giving valuable pieces of land to her mother, brother and sister.

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