Shahid Papul loses appeal to retain parliament seat after jailing in Kuwait bdnews24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bdnews24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Published: 26 Apr 2021 09:31 PM BdST
Updated: 26 Apr 2021 09:31 PM BdST
Disgraced former MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul will have to serve three more years in Kuwaiti jail for human trafficking and money laundering. );
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An appellate court in the Middle-Eastern country extended his jail term to seven years, local newspaper Al-Qabas reported on Monday.
It also sentenced Kuwaiti MP Salah Khorshid, who was acquitted of charges of taking bribes from Shahid, to seven years in jail.
Another Kuwaiti MP, Saadoun Hammad, was Shahid’s co-accused in the trial. The appellate court upheld Hammad’s acquittal.
It extended the sentence of Major General Mazen Sheikh Mazem Al Jarrah, former assistant under-secretary of the interior ministry in Kuwait, and two other Kuwaiti officials to seven years from four years for abetting the former Bangladeshi lawmaker’s unlawful work.
By-elections to disgraced MP Shahid s Lakshmipur-2 seat on Apr 11 bdnews24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bdnews24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Published: 22 Feb 2021 06:22 PM BdST
Updated: 22 Feb 2021 08:05 PM BdST
Laxmipur lawmaker Kazi Shahid Islam alias Papul has lost his seat in parliament in light of his conviction for money laundering and human trafficking in Kuwait. );
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Parliament Secretary Zafar Ahmed Khan said a gazette has been issued to declare his Laxmipur-2 seat vacant, effective from the day the verdict was announced.
The gazette stated that Shahid Islam had been stripped of his parliamentary seat in line with Article 66 of the Constitution.
Article 66 provides that a person shall be disqualified for election as, or for being, a member of parliament who has been, on conviction for a criminal offence involving moral turpitude, sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years, unless a period of five years has elapsed since his release.
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Published: 19 Feb 2021 08:26 PM BdST
Updated: 19 Feb 2021 08:26 PM BdST
Parliament has received copies of the verdict by a Kuwaiti court jailing MP Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul for human trafficking and money laundering. );
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“Parliament has received the verdict copies. We’ve begun working on them. The speaker will take the final decision on the matter,” Parliament Secretary Zafar Ahmed Khan said on Friday.
“A decision will be made in line with the constitution and parliamentary rules of business after reviewing the judgment,” said Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said at a programme that the 61-page verdict was in English and Arabic.