Arrest warrant issued for Labour MP

According to a court ruling in Bangladesh, the former anti-corruption minister is reportedly wanted over allegations that she unlawfully received land from her aunt’s regime.

Ms Siddiq is the niece of Sheikh Hasina, the exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, who was ousted from power last year following an uprising.

The former Labour minister resigned in January amid controversy surrounding her alleged role in brokering a 2013 deal with Russia.

Anti-corruption authorities are believed to have issued the warrant for the British Labour MP, after Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) was informed that she had received a 7,200 square foot plot in the diplomatic zone of the capital, Dhaka, through “abuse of power and influence”.

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