Son of ousted Bangladeshi
PM Sheikh Hasina denies graft allegations
in connectionwith nuclear power• Энергетика » Ядерная энергетика deal
Son of ousted Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina denies graft allegations in
connection with nuclear power• Энергетика » Ядерная энергетика deal
Krishna N. Das and Sudipto Ganguly
New delhi• Индия » Населенные пункты Индии » Города Индии » Нью-Дели
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Sajeeb Wazed, son of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Information and
Communication Advisor of Bangladesh• Бангладеш government, in Dhaka, Bangladesh• Бангладеш, on Dec.
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Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and adviser on Tuesday
described allegations of corruption• Борьба с коррупцией involving the family in the 2015 awarding
of a $12.65-billion nuclear power• Энергетика » Ядерная энергетика contract as “completely bogus” and a “smear
campaign”.
Bangladesh• Бангладеш’s Anti Corruption• Борьба с коррупцией Commission said on Monday it had launched an
enquiry into allegations of corruption• Борьба с коррупцией, embezzlement and money laundering in
the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant• Энергетика » Ядерная энергетика » Атомные электростанции (АЭС) project, backed by Russia’s state-owned
Rosatom• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Ро » Росатом.
A deal for two power plants, each with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts, was
signed in 2015.
The commission has alleged that there were financial irregularities worth
about $5-billion involving Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed and her niece and
British treasury minister Tulip Siddiq, through offshore accounts.
Siddiq and Rosatom• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Ро » Росатом did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.
A spokesperson for British Prime Minister• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Пр » Кабинет министров Великобритании » Премьер-министр Великобритании
• Государство » Государственное устройство Великобритании » Кабинет министров Великобритании » Премьер-министр Великобритании
• Великобритания » Государственное устройство Великобритании » Кабинет министров Великобритании » Премьер-министр Великобритании Keir Starmer• Объект человек » Персоналии по алфавиту » Персоналии на Ст » Стармер, Кир said Siddiq had denied
any involvement in the claims and that he had confidence in her. Siddiq would
continue in her role, the spokesperson added.
In August, Bangladeshi media quoted Rosatam as rejecting an earlier media
allegation of corruption• Борьба с коррупцией, saying it was “committed to transparent working
practices, strict anti-corruption• Борьба с коррупцией policies, and openness in all procurement
processes”.
Wazed, speaking on behalf of the family, said they were the targets of a
political witch hunt in Bangladesh• Бангладеш.
“These are completely bogus allegations and a smear campaign. My family nor I
have ever been involved or taken any money from any government projects,” he
told Reuters from Washington• Соединённые Штаты Америки (США) » Населенные пункты США » Города США » Вашингтон, where he lives.
“It is not possible to siphon off billions from a $10-billion project. We also
don’t have any offshore accounts. I have been living in the U.S• Соединённые Штаты Америки (США). for 30 years,
my aunt and cousins in the UK for a similar amount of time. We obviously have
accounts here, but none of us• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Доллар США have ever seen that kind of money.”
Reuters could not contact Hasina, who has not been seen in public since
fleeing to New Delhi• Индия » Населенные пункты Индии » Города Индии » Нью-Дели in early August following a deadly uprising against her
in Bangladesh• Бангладеш. Since then, an interim government has been running the country.
The government in Dhaka said on Monday it had asked India to send Hasina back.
New Delhi• Индия » Населенные пункты Индии » Города Индии » Нью-Дели has confirmed the request but declined further comment.
Wazeb said the family had not made a decision on Hasina’s return to Bangladesh• Бангладеш
and that New Delhi• Индия » Населенные пункты Индии » Города Индии » Нью-Дели had not asked her to seek asylum elsewhere.
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