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Ex-Bangladesh PM Zia acquitted in corruption case

Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years in jail by a lower court, according to media reports. Zia, 79, was convicted...
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Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years in jail by a lower court, according to media reports.

Zia, 79, was convicted in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in 2018 by a Dhaka court. It had also sentenced her to seven years imprisonment under the former PM Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government and fined her Tk 1 million.

A Bench of Justices AKM Asaduzzaman and Syed Enayet Hossain overturned the decision based on an appeal by Zia.

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