"A Bangladesh court has sentenced British MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail, in a corruption case involving the alleged illegal allocation of a plot of land. Siddiq, who serves as an MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, had denied the allegations and the trial was conducted in her absence. The court also sentenced her aunt, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to five years in prison."
"On Monday, Rabiul Alam, the judge of Dhaka's special judge's court, said Hasina misused her power as prime minister, while Siddiq was guilty of corruptly influencing her aunt in helping her mother get a piece of land in a government project. Siddiq's mother, Sheikh Rehana, was given seven years in prison and was considered the prime participant in the case."
Bangladesh's special court sentenced British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail over an alleged illegal allocation of government land. Siddiq denied the allegations and the trial was conducted in her absence. The court also sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to five years and Siddiq's mother, Sheikh Rehana, to seven years, naming Rehana the prime participant. A Dhaka judge said Hasina misused her power and that Siddiq corruptly influenced Hasina to help secure the land. Hasina was earlier sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and remains in exile in India. A group of prominent lawyers described Siddiq's trial as contrived and unfair.
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