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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheik Hasina was sentenced to twenty
one years in prison by a DACA court on November
twenty seventh, twenty twenty five, in three corruption cases. The
sentences are to run consecutively, but she is currently living
in exile in India and was tried in absentia. The
(00:23):
Daka Special Court found Nasena guilty in three cases related
to the illegal allocation of government land replots in the
Pribatual Newtown project during her tenure as prime minister. She
received a seven year prison sentence for each of the
three cases, totaling twenty one years. Her son and daughter,
Sajib b Wesden se Awosd were also sentenced to five
(00:46):
years in prison in one of the cases. Hasina is
not currently in jail. She fled Bangladesh on August fifth,
twenty twenty four a mid widespread student led protus that
led to the collapse of her government. She has been
residing in India since then and was tried in absentia.
(01:07):
This corruption verdict follows a separate ruling on November seventeen,
twenty twenty five, where a special tribunal sentenced Tossina to
death in absentia for crimes against humanity related to the
violent crackdown on the twenty twenty four protests, which resulted
in the deaths of hundreds of people. Hasina has called
(01:28):
all charges and verdicts biased and politically motivated. The current
interim government, led by Nobel Laureate Mohammed Yunis, has requested
her extradition from India, a request that is currently under
examination by Indian authorities.
Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheik Hasina was sentenced to twenty
one years in prison by a DACA court on November
twenty seventh, twenty twenty five, in three corruption cases. The
sentences are to run consecutively, but she is currently living
in exile in India and was tried in absentia. The
(00:23):
Daka Special Court found Nasena guilty in three cases related
to the illegal allocation of government land replots in the
Pribatual Newtown project during her tenure as prime minister. She
received a seven year prison sentence for each of the
three cases, totaling twenty one years. Her son and daughter,
Sajib b Wesden se Awosd were also sentenced to five
(00:46):
years in prison in one of the cases. Hasina is
not currently in jail. She fled Bangladesh on August fifth,
twenty twenty four a mid widespread student led protus that
led to the collapse of her government. She has been
residing in India since then and was tried in absentia.
(01:07):
This corruption verdict follows a separate ruling on November seventeen,
twenty twenty five, where a special tribunal sentenced Tossina to
death in absentia for crimes against humanity related to the
violent crackdown on the twenty twenty four protests, which resulted
in the deaths of hundreds of people. Hasina has called
(01:28):
all charges and verdicts biased and politically motivated. The current
interim government, led by Nobel Laureate Mohammed Yunis, has requested
her extradition from India, a request that is currently under
examination by Indian authorities.
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