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Koko charged afresh for money laundering
[Bangla Daily Star] A Dhaka court on Monday framed charges afresh against Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of BNP chairperson  Khaleda Zia,Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ... for money laundering. Fresh charges were pressed under Money Laundering Prevention Act 2002. The same court on November 30 last year indicted Koko for money laundering under Money Laundering Prevention Act 2009. The fresh charges were framed to avoid legal complications as the events Koko has been charged for took place before 2009. Ismail Hossain Saimon, son of former shipping minister later Akbar Hosain, was also indicted in the case. Judge Mozammel Hossain of the Special Judge's Court-3 framed the charges following an application submitted by Special Public Prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajol. Kajol mentioned in his petition that the Supreme Court in its February 9 verdict said charges of the money laundering case against BNP Senior Vice President Tarique Rahman and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun will run under Money Laundering Prevention Act 2002 as the crimes were committed before 2009. The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case against Koko on March 17, 2009 saying that the accused had laundered money they received from China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd and Siemens for helping them win government contracts. China Harbour got a Tk 351 crore contract to set up New Mooring Container Terminal and Siemens a Tk 239 crore contract to supply and install equipment for Teletalk, the state-owned cellphone operator. The ACC pressed charges against Koko and Saimon on November 15, 2009. Posted by: Fred 2011-06-07 |
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