Siddiq, who serves as an MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, has denied the allegations
What led to Bangladesh trial of Tulip Siddiq in her absence?
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 link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/bangladesh-court-sentences-uk-mp-tulip-siddiq-to-two-years-prison-in-absentia
Author : Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent
Publish date : 2025-12-01 07:17:00
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