BANGLADESH NEWS
The High Court on Sunday stayed for three months the operation of an Anti-Corruption Commission notice that asked BNP leader Moudud Ahmed in connection with a money laundering allegation.
ACC’s Deputy Director Monayem Hossain on July 4 served the notice to Moudud, requesting him to appear before the commission office at 11:30am on July 11 for hearing and accepting his (Moudud) statement on the allegation of acquiring asset in the United Kingdom by the way of money laundering for the interest of fair investigation in this regard.
Monayem said in the notice that the legal action would be taken against Moudud, if he fails to appear before the commission office on the set time.
In response to a writ petition by the BNP standing committee member, the HC on Sunday also issued a rule upon the ACC to explain why its notice should not be declared illegal.
Khurshid Alam Khan, an ACC counsel, told that they will file an appeal with the Supreme Court against the HC order.
He, however, said former law minister Moudud is not to appear before the ACC office until the HC’s stay order remains in force.
Moudud filed the writ petition challenging the legality of ACC notice, saying that the commission has issued the notice with a malafide intention to politically harass him.
The HC bench of Justice Hasan Foez Siddique and Justice Zafar Ahmed came up with the order and rule after holding hearing on the petition.
Moudud himself moved the petition, while Anisul Huq appeared for the ACC.
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