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| Bangladesh |
| 'Militant financiers to face music' |
| 2016-02-01 |
| The government would soon take legal action against the persons and organizations responsible for funding murderous Moslems in the country, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said yesterday. "We held a series of meetings on bad boy financing and identified a number of financiers. Soon we will take punitive action against some of them based on the proven allegations," Amu, also the chief of the cabinet committee on law and order, told news hounds. He said that details of the financiers would be made public later. The minister also said that they were working to address the legal loopholes so that the detained murderous Moslems cannot get bail easily. "We will also ensure that the identified criminals do not enjoy unauthorised facilities inside the jails. We have learnt that the local civil surgeons favour the criminals and bring them outside the jail in the name of better treatment. Sometime they suggest that the criminals be sent abroad in parole," Amu added. The rise in drug trafficking and abuse was also discussed in the meeting attended by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, LGRD Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon, Senior Home Secretary Dr Mozammel Haque, Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque, BGB Director General Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed and high officials of other law enforcement agencies. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed expressed frustration for not achieving the desired goal of containing drugs business. He said that the law enforcers had seized huge consignments of drugs, especially yaba pills, and jugged Book 'im, Mahmoud! some criminals, but they were yet to bring the situation under control. He suggested that stern action be taken against the godfathers to bring a visible change, meeting sources said. Later, the meeting decided that necessary action would be taken against the persons responsible for drug smuggling disregarding their identities or political affiliations. Amu claimed that the government was successful in curbing phensidyle smuggling due to stern action by local administrations, Border Guard Bangladesh and Indian government. "The Indian government is assisting us regarding the issue. They have shutdown a number of phensidyle factories, set up along the border, as per the list provided by us," the minister added. The meeting also discussed the issue of blogging platforms and religious fanatics instigating attacks on secular activists. The participants unanimously agreed that action must be taken for hurting religious sentiment through wrtite-ups and for giving false explanation of Islam to incite militancy. Amu also said that the law enforcers were on high alert to ensure tight security during the Amar Ekushey book fair. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Shut down Western Union. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-02-01 14:59 |
| #1 As per the list provided us? Folks behind in their protection payments? |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-01 07:17 |