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2017-05-28 Bangladesh
Anisul: It was a distorted Themis idol
[Dhaka Tribune] Law Minister Anisul Huq has remarked that the Lady Justice statue was removed from the Supreme Court premises because it was a ’distorted idol’ of Greek goddess Themis.

"That idol was distorted. We did not want to keep this distorted object. Would have to face questions from the next generation if the distorted object was kept there," he told news hounds at event on Saturday.

Anisul also noted that it was the Chief Justice who decided the removal. The minister continuously referred to the statue as an idol.

Asked if a real statue of Greek goddess Themis could be installed as a replacement of the ’distorted statue’, he said, "I cannot comment on that."

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his leg. Son of a Breech! he exclaimed with feeling......
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader defended Prime Minister the loathesome Sheikh Hasina
...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
’s opinion about the statue.

"What she said was that Eid congregations are held there. The statue was installed beside the Eidgah in such a way that it falls in the anterior during the prayers," he said.

"There is no question of removing the statues in Bangladesh that recalls and embodies the spirit of the Liberation War," he said.
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