Muhammad Yunus, leader of Bangladesh's interim government, demanded an investigation into London properties owned by Labour MP Tulip Siddiq and her family, alleging they were purchased with stolen funds from the country. Yunus stated these properties should be returned to Bangladesh if found to have been acquired through 'robbery' by the ousted regime, led by Siddiq's aunt Sheikh Hasina.
Labour's anti-corruption minister is under fresh pressure to quit over her links to Bangladesh ’s ousted regime after the new leader of the country intervened in the controversy for the first time.
He cited a recent report that found the autocratic regime led by her aunt Sheikh Hasina, who has been accused of ‘crimes against humanity’ as well as corruption, had taken billions out pounds out of Bangladesh and used some of the money to buy property. He said it was ‘the intention of the interim government’ to work out how to bring the properties back.
Mr Yunus said it was a ‘big issue’ if a British MP was involved and that he was ‘relieved that you’re bringing this to the attention of the world’. Support for Ms Siddiq within the Cabinet also appears to be ebbing away, a week after she was forced to refer herself to the Prime Minister’s Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests.
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