Muhammad Yunus, the temporary leader of Bangladesh, has declined to meet with Tulip Siddiq, a Labour MP, to address the corruption accusations made against her while he is in London. Yunus assured the BBC that the accusations were a “court matter” and said he trusted the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Bangladesh, which is looking into Siddiq.
Siddiq’s aunt, Sheikh Hasina, was overthrown as Bangladesh’s prime leader this year, and the ACC has accused her of unlawfully obtaining land from her. Former Treasury Minister Siddiq has refuted the claims and charged the Bangladeshi government with launching a “politically motivated smear campaign.
In a correspondence, Siddiq asked to meet with Yunus, an economist who won the Nobel Prize and has been in charge of Bangladesh’s interim administration since Hasina was overthrown by a student-led uprising.
Siddiq stated that a conference “might also help clear up the misunderstanding perpetuated by the Anti-Corruption Commission in Dhaka.Yunus was asked if he would meet Siddiq on his four-day trip to the UK this week in an interview with the BBC. No, I’m not because it’s a legal procedure,” Yunus said. “I do not wish to interfere with a court proceeding. Allow the process to proceed.
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