Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated legal proceedings against Sheikh Hasina and her family, including British government minister Tulip Siddiq and a senior United Nations official, over alleged corruption. The cases focus on a large-scale land acquisition scandal in a Dhaka suburb.
According to ACC director general Akhter Hossain, Hasina and her family members were accused of illegally securing plots with the help of officials. Siddiq, Hasina’s niece, and her daughter, Saima Wazed, head of the World Health Organization’s South East Asia office, are among those implicated. Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and sister Sheikh Rehana are also named in the investigation.
Siddiq, who has denied any wrongdoing, recently referred herself to the UK government’s standards adviser following reports of her residence in properties connected to Hasina’s regime.
Additionally, the ACC has launched an investigation into potential embezzlement related to a Russian-funded nuclear project in Bangladesh, with allegations that Hasina’s family misappropriated $5 billion tied to the Rooppur nuclear plant.
