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Hasina won't seek asylum if not allowed to return
 Former prime minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she will not seek political asylum in any country in case she is not allowed to return to Bangladesh. "Why would I seek political asylum here?" Sheikh Hasina threw back a question to BBC Bangla Service interviewer in reply to his query on whether she would seek political asylum in the United States of America or United Kingdom in the changed circumstances. "Tomorrow I will go to the airport and I expect sense would dawn upon the caretaker government and they would let me return to Bangladesh," Hasina said yesterday. About whether she had talks with her party leaders about her return, she said she has constant contact with the leaders of different levels. Regarding news broadcast on a private television channel that she was not returning, she said sometimes confusions are spread with references to 'sources'. When Hasina was asked why she was taking the risk of being arrested by returning to Bangladesh, she said, "I am taking the risk for the people. I want to be back with my people on my own soil." Posted by: Fred 2007-04-22 |
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