UK lawmaker Siddiq gets jail in absentia in Bangladesh graft case
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A Bangladesh court sentenced British lawmaker and former minister Tulip Siddiq in absentia to two years in jail on Monday in a corruption case also involving her powerful aunt, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Breakdown
- Tulip Siddiq sentenced in absentia to two years in jail for corruption
- Sheikh Hasina and her sister Rehana also sentenced in absentia 11s
- Case involves alleged illegal allocation of land in Dhaka 22s
- Siddiq resigned as UK minister amid scrutiny over financial ties to Hasina 38s
- Labour Party says Siddiq did not receive a fair legal process 1m 12s