{"id":148854,"date":"2025-08-11T08:33:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/148854-bangladesh-court-hears-graft-case-against-ex-pm-sheikh-hasina.html"},"modified":"2025-08-11T08:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:33:03","slug":"bangladesh-court-hears-graft-case-against-ex-pm-sheikh-hasina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/148854-bangladesh-court-hears-graft-case-against-ex-pm-sheikh-hasina.html","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh court hears graft case against ex-PM Sheikh Hasina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n             A court in Bangladesh on Monday heard cases brought by the anti-corruption organisation against ex-leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including her daughter who has served as a top UN official.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Three officials from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) read out testimonies in three separate cases over an alleged land grab of lucrative plots in a suburb of the capital Dhaka.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Hasina, 77, fled Bangladesh by helicopter on August 5, 2024, after weeks of student-led protests against her autocratic rule.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            She has defied orders to return from India, including to attend her separate and ongoing trial on charges amounting to crimes against humanity, over the deadly crackdown on the uprising.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Hasina has been named in six corruption cases, along with her US-based son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and her daughter Saima Wazed, who has been serving as the World Health Organization's Southeast Asia chief in New Delhi.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            \"If found guilty, Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and Saima Wazed could face up to 14 years in prison,\" ACC lawyer Khan Mohammad Mainul Hossain told AFP.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Wazed is on leave from the WHO and a new official has taken up a post as \"officer-in-charge\".\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            In total, six cases have been filed of alleged corruption connected to Hasina.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Among those named in other cases, some slated to be heard later in August, are Hasina's sister, Sheikh Rehana, and her children -- including British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Tulip Siddiq resigned as the UK government's anti-corruption minister in January, denying any wrongdoing after being named in multiple probes in Bangladesh.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Siddiq's lawyers have said the allegations against her are false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court in Bangladesh on Monday heard cases brought by the anti-corruption organisation against ex-leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including her daughter who has served as a top UN official. 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