MP Tulip Siddiq says Bangladesh jail term is 'unfair'
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced in absentia to two years in prison by a Bangladeshi court on corruption charges. The court found her guilty of using her influence with her aunt, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to secure land for her family in Dhaka.
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A Labour spokesperson said Tulip Siddiq has not had access to a fair legal process.
Siddiq said: “This whole process has been flawed and farcical from the beginning to the end.
Siddiq describes the process as "flawed and farcical from beginning to end."
Tulip insisted that her aunt Sheikh Hasina allocate plots for her mother and siblings.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh after being put on trial in her absence.
Sheikh Hasina was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison for corruption.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced in absentia to two years in prison for corruption.
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail in absentia.
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