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| Iskandar asked to give wealth report in a week |
| 2009-03-18 |
| The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday issued a notice on Major (retd) Sayeed Iskandar, younger brother of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, asking him to submit wealth statement in a week. ACC sources said the commission served him with the notice after a primary enquiry found a mismatch between his legal sources of income and the huge wealth he amassed. The notice was issued under sections 26 (1) of the ACC Act, 2004 and section 17 of the ACC Rules, 2007, according to which physical appearance of the individuals, served with notice, is not mandatory. The seven working-day deadline for submission will begin after the notice is received. Upon receipt of application from the individual, the commission might give him or her another seven working days for submission on valid grounds. The ACC began issuing notices on corruption suspects after publishing the first list of 50 such suspects, including former ministers and lawmakers, top politicians and businessmen on February 18, 2007. Since then the commission has served over 200 corruption suspects with notices and filed cases against many of them as their wealth did not match their legal sources of income. Many including high-profile politicians were handed down different jail terms for accumulating wealth illegally and concealing wealth information from the commission. |
| Posted by:Fred |