Supporters of Bangla PM Hasina say corruption charges dropped against her

DHAKA - Supporters of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have claimed that politically motivated corruption charges against her in at least 15 cases have been dropped.

Anti-corruption officials had accused her of wasting state money by paying for lobbying in the US when her government was in power between 1996 and 2001 rule. But judges ruled that the accusations did not constitute a criminal offence.

The BBC quoted Hasina’s supporters as saying that the criminal cases against her were filed between 2001 and 2008, when she was out of power.

Since she came back to power in January 2009, each one has been withdrawn by the accuser, thrown out of court or discontinued.

Her lawyer, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, told Bangladeshi media that justice had been done.

“We have got fair justice, all cases have been quashed through legal procedures,” he told the bdnews24 website.

The corruption case related to the appointment of a lobbyist to represent the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority in Washington. (ANI)