Papul to serve seven years in Kuwait jail
Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul. Photo: Collected Diplomatic Correspondent Diplomatic Correspondent
Kuwait s Appeal Court yesterday extended the imprisonment of former Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul and two Kuwaitis to seven years, from four, in a bribery case.
The others whose sentences were increased include Kuwait s interior ministry s Assistant Under-Secretary Maj Gen Mazen Al-Jarrah and former MP candidate Salah Khorshid, reported Kuwaiti newspaper, Al-Qabas yesterday.
The court, however, acquitted Kuwaiti MP Saadoun Hammad.
The court delivered the verdict following an appeal filed by Papul after Kuwait s criminal court on January 28 sentenced him to four years, around eight months after Kuwait s Criminal Investigation Department arrested him.
Kuwait court extends imprisonment of ex-MP Papul to 7 years
Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul. Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Kuwait s Appeal Court has extended the imprisonment of former Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul and two Kuwaitis to seven years from four years.
The others whose imprisonment were also increased include Kuwait s interior ministry s Assistant Under-Secretary Maj Gen Mazen Al-Jarrah and former MP candidate Salah Khorshid, reported Kuwaiti newspaper, Al-Qabas.
The court, however, acquitted Kuwaiti MP Saadoun Hammad in its verdict delivered today.
Earlier on January 28, Kuwait s criminal court imprisoned for four years the former Bangladeshi MP, around eight months after Kuwait s Criminal Investigation Department arrested Papul, the managing director and CEO of Marafie Kuwaitia Group.
Returning officers will examine the papers on March 19, and candidature cannot be withdrawn after March 24.
Electronic Voting Machines will be used in Laxmipur 2 by polls, 30 of the UPs and all of the municipalities.
On February 22, parliament secretariat issued a gazette notification announcing that the Laxmipur 2 constituency fell vacant because of Kazi Papul s moral turpitude.
The gazette has been in effect since January 28 when Papul was sentenced to four years of rigorous imprisonment by a Kuwait court.
The criminal court delivered the verdict almost eight months after Kuwait s Criminal Investigation Department arrested Papul, the managing director and CEO of Marafie Kuwaitia Group.
Staff Correspondent
22nd February, 2021 10:02:21
The parliamentary seat of Laxmipur-2 independent lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul has been vacated as he has been punished by a foreign court for his misdeeds.
Parliament Secretariat on Monday issued a gazette notification signed by Senior Secretary Zafar Ahmed Khan, mentioning that the seat has been vacated due to the criminal offence committed by the lawmaker.
It further says that the gazette has come into effect from January 28 this year.
Papul was the first lawmaker whose membership of the parliament has been revoked for his four-year rigorous imprisonment abroad.
As per section 66 (2) (Gha) of the Constitution of Bangladesh, Papul has lost his eligibility to retain in the post as a legislator after being convicted and sentenced to four-year rigorous imprisonment by a Kuwaiti court, the gazette said.
Convicted in Kuwait: Papul finally loses his JS membership
Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul. Photo: Collected
The seat of independent lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul, has been vacated yesterday on grounds of moral turpitude.
The parliament secretariat issued a gazette notification to that end yesterday afternoon following a meeting between Speaker Shirin Sharmin and top officials of the secretariat, Zafar Ahmed Khan, senior secretary at the parliament secretariat, told The Daily Star.
The gazette has been in effect from January 28, 2021 the day Kazi Papul, lawmaker from Laxmipur-2, was sentenced to four years of rigorous imprisonment by a Kuwaiti court for human trafficking and bribing Kuwaiti officials.