Britain’s former anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced in absentia by a Bangladeshi court on corruption charges.
The Special Judge’s Court handed her a two-year term and a fine for her alleged role in a plot in which she helped engineer a land scheme using her family ties and political position.
The BBC reports that Siddiq immediately rejected the ruling, saying it should be “treated with contempt”.
She denied every charge, as well as being a Bangladeshi citizen.
The court responded by stating it holds her tax number, identity records, and passport.
Britain has no extradition treaty with Bangladesh, meaning the sentence is unlikely ever to be enforced.
The court ruled that Siddiq had been “manipulating and influencing” former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her aunt, who was recently sentenced to death by hanging after fleeing to India when her government collapsed last year.
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