#tulip-siddiq

#tulip-siddiq

She was found guilty of influencing her aunt, Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to secure a plot of land for her family in the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, a claim she strongly denies. Siddiq, who is based in London and has rejected the charges, is unlikely to serve the jail term. The Labour MP said the process had been "flawed and farcical from the beginning to the end".

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The former City minister Tulip Siddiq has said she fears prosecutors could be planning to use fake documents to secure her conviction in her trial in Bangladesh on corruption charges. The Labour MP, who is being tried in absentia, spoke out after images of a Bangladeshi national identity card and a passport said to be in her name were published in newspapers in the UK and in Bangladesh.