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.
Tulip Siddiq: convicted of corruption abroad, arrest warrant live, abused her position as a British MP to steal land.
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Hasina, driven from power amid widespread protests, was found guilty in separate cases.
WATCH: Former Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq responds to allegations of corruption involvement in Bangladesh during Sheikh Hasina’s premiership, her aunt
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The judge said that prosecutors had proven “beyond doubt that Ms Tulip Siddiq as British MP used her influence” to secure land for members of her family.
Siddiq framed the case as politically motivated.
“This whole process has been flawed and farcical from the beginning to the end.”
”The outcome of this kangaroo court is as predictable as it is unjustified,” she continued.
”“I hope this so called ‘verdict’ will be treated with the contempt it deserves.”
“My focus has always been my constituents in Hampstead and Highgate, and I refuse to be distracted by the dirty politics of Bangladesh.”
The sentence has no legal force in Westminster, with British law only disqualifying MPs jailed for more than twelve months inside the United Kingdom. Foreign convictions have no legal standing.
Siddiq stepped down as Britain’s anti-corruption minister earlier this year after the allegations against her surfaced.
However, Siddiq will almost certainly be unaffected the Bangladeshi ruling and shielded by the absence of any extradition pathway.
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