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| Formal charges against Hasina |
| 2007-07-25 |
| The police in Bangladesh filed formal charges of extortion against detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday, officials said. Hasina’s younger sister, Sheikh Rahana, now abroad, and her cousin, former minister Sheikh Selim, have also been charged in the same case of extorting some 30 million Taka ($435,000) from a businessman. “Today we have formally submitted the charges to the court of the chief metropolitan magistrate,” said an investigating police officer. Hasina, leader of the Awami League, was arrested at her home on July 16 and sent to a house converted into a prison inside Dhaka’s sprawling parliament compound. Former health minister Sheikh Selim was arrested in late April. |
| Posted by:Fred |