DHAKA, June 12 — Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus was indicted in a corruption case today, the latest charges to proceed against the respected economist that...
Bangladesh i Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus was indicted in a corruption case today, the latest charges to proceed against the respected economist that supporters say are politically motivated. — Reuters picDHAKA, June 12 — Bangladesh i Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus was indicted in a corruption case today, the latest charges to proceed against the respected economist that supporters say are politically motivated.
Hasina has made several scathing verbal attacks against the internationally esteemed 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was once seen as a prospective rival.Wednesday’s indictment, brought by the national anti-corruption agency, accuses Yunus and 13 others of embezzling US$2.1 million from Grameen Telecom, one of several firms he founded.
He said that being forced to spend the hearing sitting inside one of the cages recently introduced into Bangladeshi courtrooms to hold defendants had been “humiliating”.Grameen Telecom, created to offer cheap mobile phone services in rural areas, is one of Bangladesh’s richest companies. Yunus and three colleagues from Grameen Telecom were sentenced to six months in jail in January after they were found guilty of violating labour laws.
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