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Minister Tulip Siddiq caught up in Bangladesh court docket anti-corruption probe

By Editorial Board Published December 19, 2024 3 Min Read
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Minister Tulip Siddiq caught up in Bangladesh court docket anti-corruption probe

Labour’s anti-corruption minister has been named in court docket paperwork detailing claims her household embezzled billions of kilos from a nuclear energy undertaking in Bangladesh.

Financial secretary Tulip Siddiq – who holds accountability for monetary crime and illicit finance – is alleged to have helped co-ordinate conferences with the Russian authorities relating to the Rooppur nuclear energy plant undertaking.

It is alleged that $5bn (£3.9bn) was siphoned off from the undertaking’s funds “in collusion with Russian officials”.

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Ms Siddiq has been approached for a response.

The Labour Social gathering and the federal government declined to remark.

It is understood that the minister has not been approached by Bangladeshi authorities in relation to the allegations.

A celebration supply urged the accusations originated from a “spurious American aerospace website”.

Downing Road stated Sir Keir Starmer had confidence in Ms Siddiq.

The authorized declare has been made by Bobby Hajjaj, a political opponent of Hasina.

Hasina fled Bangladesh in August and resigned as prime minister after a complete of twenty years in energy.

Her departure adopted weeks of lethal protests within the nation and the brand new authorities has accused Hasina of a number of crimes whereas in workplace.

Ms Siddiq was photographed with Hasina in 2013 at a signing ceremony within the Kremlin alongside the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Tulip Siddiq was pictured alongside Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout a 2013 go to to the Kremlin. Pic: AP

She was a councillor within the London Borough of Camden on the time.

The PM’s official spokesperson stated Ms Siddiq had “denied any involvement in the claims” of embezzlement and continued to keep up her accountability as a minister overseeing UK anti-corruption efforts.

Pressed about whether or not there was any battle of curiosity in Ms Siddiq’s involvement in a 2013 Bangladeshi take care of Russia over a nuclear energy plant and her ministerial function, the spokesman stated: “I can’t speak to events that happened prior to a minister’s time in government.”

A spokesperson for the celebration has been quoted saying the embezzlement claims are “fabricated”.

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