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Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia

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MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London denies allegations and condemns ‘flawed and farcical’ trial

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

In a ruling on Monday, a judge found Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, guilty of misusing her “special influence” as a British politician to coerce Hasina into giving valuable pieces of land to her mother, brother and sister.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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