Tulip Siddiq Arrest Deadline Extended by Bangladesh Court – Guido Fawkes

Tulip Siddiq Arrest Deadline Extended by Bangladesh Court

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The date for the implementation of arrest warrants against Tulip Siddiq and 17 other Sheikh Hasina-linked individuals (including Hasina herself) has been extended by the court in Bangladesh. Arrest warrants were issued earlier this month in relation to three separate cases involving the alleged corrupt allocation of land in Dhaka…

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib has now set 12 May as the new date for a report submission. This is when arrest warrants must be implemented or the accused must appear in court. The trial will begin subsequently…

The latest defence issued by Siddiq’s lawyers, who deny all allegations levelled by Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission, accuses Bangladesh authorities of failing to contact the MP directly. The ACC says it sent letters to Tulip’s alleged address in Dhaka…

“Such behaviour is a clear breach of international norms and indicative of the way that Ms Siddiq is going to be treated by the ACC and the Bangladesh authorities.”

That is a clear implication that Siddiq’s lawyers have no intention of her appearing before the court in Bangladesh. Either way a sitting UK MP is issuing defences against proceedings against her in an overseas jurisdiction – a bizarre situation. If it comes down to extradition proceedings it will be Yvette Cooper who makes the final decision…