| Dear Judge, Khaleda cannot serve her sentence for fraud. She is sick. /signed/ Khaleda's Mom |
[Dhaka Tribune] BNP Chairperson
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
on Saturday advised her lawyers to bring the matter of her "illnesses" to the notice of the Supreme Court to secure her bail.
Khaleda’s lawyer Abdur Rezzak Khan told this to news hounds after meeting her in old Dhaka Central Jail on Nazimuddin Road.
Rezzak and four other senior Supreme Court lawyers ‐ Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, Zainul Abedin, AJ Mohammad Ali and Mahbubuddin Khokon ‐ visited the BNP chief in prison around 4pm.
The Appellate Division is set to hear on Tuesday Khaleda’s bail petition in a case over corruption in Zia Orphanage Trust, for which a trial court sentenced the 73-year old former prime minister to five years in prison on February 8.
"Madam [Khaleda] told us to inform the highest court that she is critically ill, and her health condition is deteriorating due to her long stay in a damp prison," Rezzak said.
Khaleda also asked them to notify the apex court that the High Court had granted her bail on health reasons, he added.