Mr Yunus\u2019s lawyer said the charges against his client were \u2018false and baseless\u2019.
Bangladesh’s Anti-corruption Commission has questioned Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, over alleged money laundering and fund embezzlement.
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she would welcome international experts assessing legal proceedings against Muhammad Yunus “We are alarmed that he has recently been targeted by what we believe to be continuous judicial harassment,” said the letter. Mr Yunus had earlier criticised politicians in the country, saying they are only interested in money. Ms Hasina called him a “bloodsucker” and accused him of using force and other means to recover loans from poor rural women as head of Grameen Bank.
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